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Lakeland Officer Suspended in Shakespeare Case
LPD's Troy Young is suspected of taking money from woman at center of Abraham Shakespeare case.
By Rick Rousos
THE LEDGER
Published: Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 11:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 11:52 p.m.
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LAKELAND | A Lakeland police officer has been suspended amid allegations he accepted money from a woman thought to be a central figure in the disappearance of Lotto winner Abraham Shakespeare, local police sources say.
Officer Troy Young, 42, who has been with LPD since 1990, was suspended with pay Jan. 8. He is the only Lakeland police office now under suspension.
Young's personnel file doesn't indicate why he was suspended.
Police Chief Roger Boatner said he could not comment on the nature of the allegations against Young because they are under investigation by his department.
Local police sources say Young is suspected of taking money from Dorice "DeeDee" Moore.
Moore, 37, is the woman Polk County Sheriff's investigators say can't account for an $840,000 transaction in which she was supposed to have paid Shakespeare for his assets, mainly his Redhawk Bend Drive house in Lakeland.
Shakespeare, a multimillion-dollar jackpot winner, was reported missing two months ago, and family and friends told investigators they haven't seen him since April.
Local police sources independently interviewed by The Ledger said Thursday they were unsure how much money was involved in the Young investigation or why it would have been paid.
While Lakeland police are investigating any possible financial relationship between Moore and Young, the Polk County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate Shakespeare's disappearance.
They are treating it as a homicide.
Young told The Ledger on Thursday night that he wished he could comment, "but I'll let the investigation run its course first."
Young did say he had contact with Moore and that it involved her intention to write a book about Shakespeare.
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