Pinellas County Sheriff's Office

Agency-level case history and misuse patterns.

2
Documented cases
2
People arrested
0
People fired

//Agency profile

Agency
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
City
Largo
County
Pinellas
State
Florida

//Discovery methods

Reporter inquiry / internal investigation · 2

//Associated cases

Travis Stanton

Pinellas County Sheriff's Office · Largo, Pinellas, Florida · September 30, 2026
Arrested / Charged / Pending Resigned OtherAutomated License Plate Reader Non-law-enforcement usePersonal trackingRomantic interestUnauthorized ALPR/database search

Investigators allege Stanton ran the plate of a 17-year-old girl he was romantically interested in, using license-plate-reader and other law-enforcement databases to obtain her information and location.

Karl Gwynne

Pinellas County Sheriff's Office · Largo, Pinellas, Florida · September 30, 2026
Arrested / Charged / Pending Resigned Automated License Plate Reader Non-law-enforcement useOff-duty personal searchPersonal trackingRomantic interestUnauthorized search

Investigators allege Gwynne repeatedly used Flock ALPR and other law-enforcement databases to search for a woman he had arrested in 2010 and later pursued romantically, including while off duty.