St. Petersburg FL Police Dept Launch Investigation After Officer Thad "Stu" Crisco Tells Robbery Victim's Father Not to Venture into Dangerous Part of City

St. Petersburg, Fl., officer Thad "Stu" Crisco is under investigation for warning the father of a robbery victim about a dangerous part of town. Er, really? Why ruin this man's otherwise clean record with a ridiculous investigation? Never mind the fact that the city of St. Petersburg has been grappling with high crime rates in a few pockets for years, though they will say those figures have been steadily decreasing year after year. It's still an issue in my opinion.

Officer Thad "Stu" Crisco, who was recently in headlines for honoring his fallen partner David Crawford, allegedly warned St. Petersburg father Bob Esposito about letting his 16-year-old daughter hang around the Northshore Pool at night. Esposito's daughter was one of five teens robbed by a group of armed men there about 10:30 p.m. on a recent weeknight.

"I wouldn't come down here at night," Esposito said of the Northshore Pool area and Downtown, where he admits he used to loiter as a teen. "And I was told by one of the police officers not to come down here either."That comment, made by Crisco the night of the robbery, was inadvertently relayed to his superior when Esposito was following up with SPPD. The department then launched an investigation into "disparaging comments against the city." Source

There are neighborhoods in Atlanta that I wouldn't venture to during the day, much less at night and I would tell anyone that.

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