February 9, 2025

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Florida deputies disciplined for leaking news of Bob Saget death before family was informed, records show

ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — Two Florida deputies have been disciplined for leaking info about Bob Saget’s loss of life at an Orlando hotel just before his household was notified, in accordance to administrative data.

An administrative investigation report from the Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace said two deputies, such as just one who was called to answer to the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando on Jan. 9, shared news of Saget’s loss of life with close friends and spouse and children customers who then posted about it on social media. The report, received by WFLA’s affiliate WESH, determined the two disciplined deputies as Emiliano Silva and Steven Reed.

The internal investigation concentrated on a tweet posted at 4:52 p.m. that working day from Deputy Silva’s brother that mentioned, “Rip Bob Saget,” as very well as a response from a different user who stated he “heard some thing from a police mate.”

According to the report, Deputy Silva was outlined as on-scene at the Ritz-Carlton at 4:22 p.m., then texted his brother about 4:40 p.m. telling him Saget had died. Silva’s brother posted the tweet about the actor’s loss of life at 4:52, the report mentioned, but deleted it about 20 minutes at Deputy Silva’s ask for.

All-around the same time the tweet from Deputy Silva’s brother was posted, the report from the sheriff’s office reported Deputy Reed – who was off-duty at the time – texted two of his neighbors stating he had listened to about Saget’s dying.

The sheriff’s office environment reported just one of the individuals in the textual content dialogue observed the tweet from Deputy Silva’s brother and responded to it at 5:05 p.m., noting that he experienced “heard some thing from a police good friend.” The report explained Deputy Reed’s neighbor responded to Deputy Silva’s brother again on Twitter at 5:26 declaring, “my buddy is an Orlando Sheriff and is filling me in as he hears.”

The report observed that Saget’s spouse was nonetheless striving to get information about her husband’s situation at 5:44 p.m.

In the course of the inside investigation, a corporal verified “Mr. Saget’s upcoming of kin had not been notified by regulation enforcement when [the corporal] turned mindful of the general public disclosure of Mr. Saget’s loss of life.”

The investigation report released by the sheriff’s place of work identified that “Deputy Silva willfully informed his brother… that Mr. Saget was deceased” without the need of authorization. After the tweet from his brother was posted, the sheriff’s business said, “this resulted in an inflow of media inquiries at a time when Mr. Saget’s following-of-kin had not been notified.”

In accordance to the report, the investigation also identified Deputy Reed knowledgeable two folks of Saget’s loss of life, ahead of the comedian’s spouse and children users experienced been notified, with out authorization.

The report did not specify what disciplinary actions would be taken.