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A “Doyle Brothers” Cover-up?

Entire news story with conflicting statements removed, and headlines changed

By JEFF JOBE
jobe@jobeinc.com

In the May 24, 2017 issue of the Edmonson News it was reported that not until the former Edmonson County Sheriff’s Deputy Amanda Coniglio brought it to his attention Judge Executive Wil Cannon had no knowledge that the current Edmonson County Animal Control Officer Eric Roscoe had been charged with a domestic violence felony charge.

The Edmonson News provided a copy of the actual document obtained from our May, 2017 open record request from the arresting police agency.   Naturally the copy had names of the victims redacted.

The statements referenced a mother and daughter, a pregnant woman, repeat violence and fear because of firearms.

At that time, the Edmonson News was told by Sheriff Shane Doyle that it wasn’t his responsibility to do a background check because he didn’t hire Roscoe and wasn’t in charge of hiring him.  This is a common theme for many communications with Sheriff Doyle over the months since publication.

It has also been reported that Cannon was confused why he would say he only supervised Roscoe and that he should have done the background check.

This story has all but been history more than once to only be brought back up because of conflicting issues having to do with the published story.  This time, a county official provided screen shots of the Edmonson Voice which is owned by Sheriff Doyle’s brother, Darren Doyle, that shows prior to the Edmonson News coverage the headline for the fiscal court meeting in which Roscoe was hired said, “Sheriff’s office hires Sweden Navy veteran as animal control officer,” but now has been changed to “Sheriff’s office announces Sweden Navy veteran as animal control officer.”

ABOVE LEFT, is an actual screenshot showing the headline as originally posted to the Edmonson Voice website on July 25, 2016 and remained until sometime after the Edmonson News broke story showing no background check was provided and Sheriff Doyle saying he didn’t hire the guy it wasn’t his responsibility to do a background check, and later admitted he knew of the domestic violence felony charge but didn’t inform Judge Executive Wil Cannon, fiscal court or anyone else. AT RIGHT, is an actualScreenshot after the Edmonson News story broke showing the headline has been changed with no editorial reference for changes. In essence this change has altered Edmonson County history to match what Sheriff Doyle said instead of what really happened.

Actual screen shot showing a very detailed story on the Edmonson Voice posted July 15, 2016. It clearly shows Sheriff Shane Doyle was to hire and supervise new animal control officer. This story has now been removed completely and not searchable at press time.

The official also provided a copy of a story posted by the same website on July 15, 2016 which had a headline, “Judge Cannon says Sheriff’s Office will hire/supervise new animal control officer.”  That article went on to say that Judge Executive Wil Cannon told the Edmonson Voice that the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office will be in charge of hiring and supervising a new animal control officer.” The story detailed that Cannon said the decision was made after meeting with the County Attorney and the Sheriff and all agreed this was the best way for it to be handled.

This story has been deleted completely and is no longer searchable on the website or online.

Another source has provided documents that show prior to the Edmonson News questioning Eric Roscoe’s military history the Edmonson Voice did promotions stating that Roscoe was a retired Navy Seal Medic and would be speaking with those credentials.  Although Sheriff Doyle still stands by his statements that he saw documentation proving Roscoe was “Special Forces”, he and his brother have  now downgraded his bio to be retired US Navy.  The screens shots provided to the Edmonson News by a second concerned citizen showing the original bio has also been deleted and isn’t searchable as all other news stories.

Roscoe has refused to help clear up this matter or provide documentation to support the Sheriff’s position of him being special forces or the originally listed descriptions of being a Navy Seal Medic.  Our conversations with both the Wounded Hero Fund and the Public Information Officer at Fort Knox state clearly Roscoe was not ever a Special Forces Navy Seal.  Both agree anyone making such claims intentionally would be in violation of the law; specifically the Stolen Valor Act signed into law in 2013.

Of course, media outlets whether online or in print can make mistakes but the standard protocol for making corrections to a story is to add an editor’s note, not go back and rewrite history and never delete complete stories because they contains information in direct conflict with a public official’s on the record statements.  Covering up or cleaning of records places the elected official or politics above the mission of truth for the communities we serve.

The Edmonson News stands by our unaltered stories today, as they were printed decades ago and will be printed in the future.

These two screen shots show that in May of 2016 prior to the Edmonson News story Sheriff Shane Doyle’s hire of Eric Roscoe was being promoted as Ret. US Navy Seal Medic but after our story all references were changed to either Ret. Navy Officer or Ret. Navy. The original document showing him being promoted as Ret. US Navy Seal Medic can not be found.

3 Comments

  1. Aimee Newton on May 15, 2022 at 12:25 am

    Heck, how is Eric Roscoe even allowed to wear any kind of uniform that enables him to act as a bailiff for Edmonson County being a convicted felon??? I know this for a fact, because I am a Army veteran, who in 2017 (and since Mr. Shane Doyle, who was also a classmate of mine at ECHS and a former coworker at Salings Grocery & Bait Shop in Mammoth Cave, knew I was Amanda Coniglio’s 2nd cousin and also since she was running against him for Sheriff) charged me with some stupid misdemeanors, and me never being in trouble in my entire life, and already 36, but since I didn’t go along with how they had me get an EPO on my own cousin, and was wanting to set him up, with me being the one who would have to go along with them and get him to meet me to act like I was gonna sell him drugs, and since I had to name my own children in the EPO, and my ex threatening to not allow me to see my kids again, until I dropped the EPO, and with me immediately redacting the EPO, that I got charged with a big fat felony my ownself, and me not having in my possession at any time, so I am now attending drug court and going for drug testing twice a week, so YES, Eric Roscoe is sitting right there with a bailiffs uniform on, with a firearm in his possession, behind that metal detector. And I get to have the pleasure of asking him to open the locked door for me to initiate my drug screenings. I, in no way, shape, or form approve of this or feel comfortable in any way, especially with him having a firearm. Hell, I can’t even get a job because I got this felony on my record because somebody wants to be juvenile acting just because I am who I am. I do not have a problem with Wally nor Jordan, because they have treated me with respect just like I did them. This isn’t just your every day juvenile petty bullshit, but it involves that certain felon, who has NO business with any kind of court authority!

  2. Aimee Newton on May 15, 2022 at 12:26 am

    Heck, how is Eric Roscoe even allowed to wear any kind of uniform that enables him to act as a bailiff for Edmonson County being a convicted felon??? I know this for a fact, because I am a Army veteran, who in 2017 (and since Mr. Shane Doyle, who was also a classmate of mine at ECHS and a former coworker at Salings Grocery & Bait Shop in Mammoth Cave, knew I was Amanda Coniglio’s 2nd cousin and also since she was running against him for Sheriff) charged me with some stupid misdemeanors, and me never being in trouble in my entire life, and already 36, but since I didn’t go along with how they had me get an EPO on my own cousin, and was wanting to set him up, with me being the one who would have to go along with them and get him to meet me to act like I was gonna sell him drugs, and since I had to name my own children in the EPO, and my ex threatening to not allow me to see my kids again, until I dropped the EPO, and with me immediately redacting the EPO, that I got charged with a big fat felony my ownself, and me not having in my possession at any time, so I am now attending drug court and going for drug testing twice a week, so YES, Eric Roscoe is sitting right there with a bailiffs uniform on, with a firearm in his possession, behind that metal detector. And I get to have the pleasure of asking him to open the locked door for me to initiate my drug screenings. I, in no way, shape, or form approve of this or feel comfortable in any way, especially with him having a firearm. Hell, I can’t even get a job because I got this felony on my record because somebody wants to be juvenile acting just because I am who I am. I do not have a problem with Wally nor Jordan, because they have treated me with respect just like I did them. This isn’t just your every day juvenile petty bullshit, but it involves that certain felon, who has NO business with any kind of court authority!

  3. Wrong on October 16, 2022 at 12:06 pm

    I’ve got info on some other cover ups that I think need to be out in the public are

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