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10 People in 10 years Arrested for Illegal Recordings

October 27th, 2011 by flanews

A secret audio recording captured inside the state capitol has a former spokesperson for the Lt. Governor in legal trouble. Carletha Cole was arrested and charged with a third degree felony earlier this week. As Whitney Ray tells us, Cole is just the 10th person in Florida in the past 10 years to be arrested for making an illegal recording and many people don’t even know it’s a crime.

It’s all laughs and smiles now, but two months ago Jaquan Reliford committed a felony and his friend Patrick Bailey was his victim.

“I was just laying down, watching a few videos, I’m singing for a few seconds. Probably like 30 seconds,” said Patrick.

“I pulled my phone out and I just was looking through my phone and I was like, I’m going to record him,” said Jaquan.

It wasn’t the singing that was the crime, but the fact that Jaquan recorded it without Patrick knowing. The two college freshman joke about the incident, but in Florida secret audio recording are a felony.

This recording captured at the state capitol over the summer has Carletha Cole facing criminal charges.

Cole is a former Spokeswoman for the Lt. Governor. Police say she recorded the conversation with another staff member without his knowledge. State Attorney Willie Meggs is prosecuting Cole.

“This was a conversation between two individuals much like you and I are having right now, the only difference is I know you have a microphone I know you are recording this,” said Meggs.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement just 10 people have been arrested for making illegal recordings since 2001. But it’s only a crime if you get caught and the victim is willing to press charges.

While audio recordings are illegal video recording in public places or surveillance cameras on private property are legal. Hidden cameras set up to capture people in private situation are illegal under state voyeurism laws.

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