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IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,

TO ALL AND SINGULAR THE SHERIFFS AND INVESTIGATORS OF THE STATE
ATTORNEY,

WHEREAS, Detective Robert Weil'has this day made oath before

this Court that on or between January 6,A2021 to January 24, 2021

in the County aforesaid, one Stephen Murray (W/M; DOB: 05/01/1971)

did unlawfully engage in a course of conduct to communicate, or to

cause to be communicated, words, images, or language by or through

the use of electronic mail or electronic communication, directed

at a specific person, causing substantial emotional distress to

'that person and serving no legitimate purpose; contrary to Chapter

784.048(1)(d), Florida Statutes, and against the peace and dignity

of the State of Florida.

These are, therefore, to command you to arrest instanter the

said Stephen Murray (W/M; DOB: 05/01/1971), and bring him before
me to be dealt with according to law.

Given under my hand and seal this 24th day of January, 2021.

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COMPLAINT

_BEFORE ME, A JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, in and.for said

County, personally came Detective Robert Weil of the Pinellas

County Sheriff’s Office, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says

that he reasonably believes that on or between January 6, 2021 to

January 24, 2021, in the County aforesaid, one Stephen Murray

(W/M;. DOB: 05/01/1971) did unlawfully engage in a course of

conduct to communicate, or to cause to be communicated” words,

images, or language by or through the use of electronic mail or

electronic_communication, directed at a specific person, causing

substantial emotional distress to that person and serving no

legitimate purpose; contrary to Chapter 784.048(l)(d), Florida

Statutes, and against the peace and dignity of the State of

Florida.
Your Affiant’s reason for this belief is as follows:

Your Affiant has been employed as a sworn member of the

Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office since January 2013. Your

Affiant is currently assigned as a Detective in the Pinellas

County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Intelligence Unit. Your Affiant

also held a position as a Emtective in the Burglary and Pawn

Unit for thrée and half years. Your Affiant previously served as

a Deputy with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Patrol

Operations Bureau and as a member of the Major Accident

Investigation Team (M.A.I.T).'Prior to this, your Affiant was

employed with the St. Pete Beach Police Department from March

2006 to January 2013 as a sworn law enforcement officer.

The following is a list of courses where your Affiant has

received training and gained a level of proficiency: CMS Field

Training Officer, Interviews and Interrogations, Interviews and

Body Language Techniques, Introduction to Utilizing Social Media

in Investigations, Undercover Surveillance Techniques,

Investigating Crimes Against Children, Computer Crime

Investigations, Property Crimes Conference 2017, Improvised

Explosive Device Construction and Classification, Introduction

to the Terrorist Attack Cycle, Webinar Case Study: Explosive

Device (IED) Case in Greece, New York, School Mental Health

including Threat Assessment, Protective Measures Awareness,

School Safety and Trauma and Cell Phone Investigations.

As part of his duties as a Detective with the Pinellas County

Sheriff’s Office your .Affiant became aware ‘of an investigation

into Stephen Murray’s action on Twitter as well as several of his

email messages emailed to a locai State Attorney’s Office

concerning Chris and Shannon Sprowls. Your Affiané was advised

that on January 7, 2021, the Office of the State Attorney for the

Sixth Judicial Circuit was made aware of recent posts made to

the 'Twitter account @CopsZprison. Your .Affiant reviewed these

posts and found that the posts made on this account were

directed to Shannon Sprowls, the wife of current Speaker of the

House of Representatives for the State of Florida, Chris

Sprowls. A review of law enforcement records show that Shannon

Sprowls, as well as Chris Sprowls, live within Pinellas County,

Florida.

In reviewing these posts the owner of the @copsZprison

twitter account “tagged” Shannon Sprowls so that her account

would show these messages as well as the account belonging to

Chris Sprowls. These accounts can be located at: @ShannonSprowls

used by the Twitter account @copsZprison owner. Twitter has

confirmed this email address is linked to the Twitter account.

Your Affiant was made’aware that, on January 6, 2021, the email

address listed above sent an email to the 18th Circuit State

Attorney’s email account with the message:

“Hey. Phil, look at the attached photo. Is pimping legal in

Florida? Because I am going to make the bitch in the attached

photo my whore. You understand me?” and is signed “SM.”

This email includes a forward of an earlier email sent from the

same account and states:

“Dear Phil, LOL, I was trying to remember the name of your local

state rep Tyler something. I meant to type “Tyler” and I

accidentally typed “slimeball toady florida representative” into

Google. But anyway, please pass a message along to him from the

white voter to Republicans “Look at me, I did this to you.”

The email contained a URL of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDAlimed8w and continued

stating:
used by the Twitter account @copsZprison owner. Twitter has

confirmed this email address is linked to the Twitter account.

Your Affiant was made’aware that, on January 6, 2021, the email

address listed above sent an email to the 18th Circuit State

Attorney’s email account with the message:

“Hey. Phil, look at the attached photo. Is pimping legal in

Florida? Because I am going to make the bitch in the attached

photo my whore. You understand me?” and is signed “SM.”

This email includes a forward of an earlier email sent from the

same account and states:

“Dear Phil, LOL, I was trying to remember the name of your local

state rep Tyler something. I meant to type “Tyler” and I

accidentally typed “slimeball toady florida representative” into

Google. But anyway, please pass a message along to him from the

white voter to Republicans “Look at me, I did this to you.”

The email contained a URL of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDAlimed8w and continued

stating:
“Have fun dreaming of monkeys screaming in a box, you sick

single—brain-lobe zookeeper.”

The email forward is signed off “SM copsZprision.org” Your

Affiant is aware that Phil Archer is the State Attorney in and

for the 18th Judicial Circuit of Florida. Your Affiant reviewed

the photo attached to the email, and it is in fact a photo of

Shannon Sprowls with President Donald Trump. This is the same

photo that appears in the Twitter posts. Your Affiant also

reviewed the URL listed in the email. The URL links to a YouTube

Video that shows a clip from the Movie “A Bronx Tale." In the

video a group of individuals attaéks another group of people

with fists and weapons, and the leader of the group doing the

attacking leans down to a person injured on the ground and

states “I did this to you”, this line was repeated in the email

sent from the [email protected] account.

With this information the Office of the State Attorney

obtained warrants for the Twitter account, as well as the Google

account. The returned records indicated that these accounts were

controlled by Stephen Murray (W/M; DOB: 05/01/1971). Your

Affiant took note that Stephen Murray has the same initials as
PERSONAL DATA INFORMATION SHEET
ALL INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED BY THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER |

‘Note: Starred lines are required for computer warrant entries. *FCIC System (local) **NCIC System
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Place of Employment:

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OTHER FEATURES: (BEARD, MARKS, SCARS, TA1TOOS)

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Per FLCrRule 3.121 attadw photo SOPICS preferred!

Originating Source of PHOTO:

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is actively seeking his arrest. Based on the above—mentioned

events, Your Affiant respectfully requests this Honorable Court

issue a Capias so that Stephen Murray can be made to answer to the

charges of Stalking, pursuant to F.S. Chapter 784.048(1)(d).

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Sworn to and subscribed before me

this 24th day of January 2021.

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JUDGE — PhillifikFéderico
Pinellas County, Florida
PERSONAL DATA INFORMATION SHEET
ALL INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED BY THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER |

‘Note: Starred lines are required for computer warrant entries. *FCIC System (local) **NCIC System
* Defendant's Full Name:

?TEPHW LYNCH M errMy

* Alias: t

SSN:_
“SID#:

Last Known Address:

l7 1}» 41w 29m? smeeT OkeecflofléEfL 3W7;

Place of Employment:

(company) (business address)

*DOB: *SEX: *RACE:

FINGERPRINTS AVAILABLE: YES NO
05 ~vl~7l m LJ
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**HT: 5 I/I **WT: zoo **HA1R: guc IEYES: ELK

OTHER FEATURES: (BEARD, MARKS, SCARS, TA1TOOS)

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Per FLCrRule 3.121 attadw photo SOPICS preferred!

Originating Source of PHOTO:

U SOPICS Docket #

FL DL # DAVID Photo confirmed

accurate by: Pg" ”a L
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Other sate DL #
Batuwé5
State

D Other Photo Source #

D NO PHOTO AVAILABLE — Explanation For No Photo:

‘AGENCY:
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*INVESTIGATING OFFICER:
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