SHIELDS OF SHAME • MARTIN COUNTY CASE NETWORK
One traffic stop. Six connected investigations.
Explore the February 13, 2025 Stuart traffic stop, each officer’s documented connection and the separate $10,300 records-fee dispute. Being at the scene does not establish wrongdoing; where the record does not show a specific action, we say so.
Records request #2371-2025: invoice, deposit demand, agency correspondence and unresolved accounting questions.
Primary deputy; authored the traffic-stop and arrest report involving passenger Giselle Flores.
Responding deputy, CAD unit 513; her actions and the reported filming dispute are examined separately.
Responding deputy, CAD unit 516; the record establishes attendance, not a specific arrest action.
S02 responding unit; arrived after a request for a supervisory unit. His decisions remain unverified.
Agency-identified sergeant connected through supplied scene imagery; not among the four CAD-listed units.
SHIELDS OF SHAME | MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA
Adam R. Tuttle: Martin County Traffic Stop and Public Records Investigation
Deputy Adam R. Tuttle was listed among the responding officers in a February 13, 2025 traffic stop at the Wawa at 2401 South Kanner Highway in Stuart, Florida. The incident later became the subject of a Shields of Shame public-records investigation.
What the dispatch record establishes
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office CAD record identifies incident 2025-00021924 at approximately 1:20 a.m. Deputy Nicholas Thomas was listed as the primary unit. Tatiana Levenar was logged at 1:21 a.m., Adam Tuttle at 1:28 a.m., and Henry Mogler at 1:32 a.m. Tuttle is listed as unit 516, personnel number 2127.
The incident report by Thomas describes a vehicle stop involving alleged modified exhaust and window tint violations. He reported that passenger Giselle Flores declined to provide identification and was subsequently handcuffed and taken to jail. These are the reporting deputy’s statements, not independent judicial findings. The dispatch log does not establish that Tuttle personally initiated the stop, arrested the passenger, or objected to filming.
Read the CAD record | Read the incident report
FDLE employment and certification record
The supplied Florida Department of Law Enforcement PDF is available for direct review. Its contents have not yet been independently extracted for this article, so specific employment dates, certification details, disciplinary findings or separation reasons are not asserted without verification.
Open Adam Tuttle FDLE Record ↗
Filming police: distinguish the deputies’ actions
Filming during the stop is discussed in the related Tatiana R. Levenar investigation. Her reported objection to recording must not be attributed to Tuttle simply because he responded to the same incident. Tuttle’s individual statements and actions require review of his own body-camera footage or other corroborating evidence.
The $10,300 public-records estimate
Shields of Shame’s broader investigation describes a $10,300 estimate for records associated with this traffic stop and its responding officers. The separate dossier includes the agency’s deposit letter, invoice and discussion of Florida’s public-records rules. The estimate does not itself establish payment or an unlawful charge.
Read the $10,300 Records Dossier ↗
Related officer dossiers
Nicholas A. Thomas — Primary Deputy and FDLE History
Tatiana R. Levenar — Filming Dispute and Employment Records
Unanswered questions
- What did Tuttle personally witness and do after arriving?
- What does his body-camera footage show?
- Did he write a supplemental report?
- What does the full FDLE record establish?
- Was the records estimate later revised?
Editorial standard: Presence at a scene is not evidence of misconduct. The named deputy and agency are welcome to provide corrections or additional records.
October 2026: dispatch record clarification
The CAD identifies Adam Tuttle as unit 516, personnel 2127, responding at 1:28 a.m. and clearing at 1:51 a.m. The CAD does not establish that Tuttle initiated the traffic stop, arrested Giselle Flores or issued a citation. Nicholas Thomas authored the incident report. The final CAD disposition lists eight traffic citations without establishing who received each one. The March 2025 public-records request was narrowed twice before the April 8 $10,300 estimate. The deposit letter asserts 412 hours, but the visible time entries add up to 208 hours 45 minutes of potentially chargeable tasks plus a 30-minute meeting marked free. See the full fee investigation for the original documents and reconciliation questions.