12 hours ago Share Oleg Walker exchanged sexually explicit text messages with the girl for months, according to an FCSO investigation.
Palm Coast resident Oleg Walker, 28, was extradited to Flagler County from St. Johns County April 28 on charges that he solicited a 14-year-old girl for sex.
The Flagler County Sheriff s Office began investigating after one of Walker s friends contacted law enforcement in October 2020 and reported that Walker was engaging in sexually explicit text conversations with an underage teen, according to an FCSO arrest report.
The friend said that he d been out at dinner at Outback Steakhouse with Walker and noticed that Walker was using his phone.
Brittany Kershaw. (FCSO)
In local government, Brittany Kershaw, the Flagler County Sheriff’s public relations director, is unrivaled in her field. She brings an unusual level of transparency and candor to a job better known for obfuscation or hype, at an agency that before her tenure–which paralleled Sheriff Rick Staly’s–feared information more than shared it.
Kershaw tendered her resignation on Wednesday. “I have received an attractive job offer from a local organization and after careful consideration, I have decided to accept the position,” she wrote Sheriff Rick Staly.
Kershaw starts as Palm Coast’s director of “Public Information and Engagement,” as her new position has been named, on May 17.
from: City of Palm Coast
Palm Coast City Manager Matthew Morton has appointed Brittany Kershaw as the Director of Public Information and Engagement for the city of Palm Coast. Kershaw will advance the city’s outreach platforms while ensuring all Palm Coast residents and businesses receive timely and accurate information.
Brittany will begin in her new role May 17. Currently the Public Affairs Manager for the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, Kershaw brings extensive communications management experience to the position, coupled with a passion for the community of Palm Coast. We are excited to welcome Brittany Kershaw as the city’s first Director of Public Information and Engagement, Morton said. She brings a great deal of experience in communicating with our residents, and I know she will make a great addition to the city team.
Oleg Walker.
Oleg S. Walker, a 28-year-old resident of 125 Wynnfield Drive in Palm Coast, was arrested on four felony counts of soliciting a child by computer and unlawfully using a two-way communication device. Walker is accused of carrying out a relationship by text with a 14-year-old girl over months until his phone was confiscated by police. Law enforcement was tipped off by a friend of Walker’s.
Walker’s friend had reported to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office that he and Walker had been out for dinner at Outback one evening when he’d asked Walker what he was doing on his phone. “You don;t want to know,” Walker told him, according to his arrest report. After a while, Walker said he was talking to “some girl” that he’d met on a gaming app three months earlier. His friend wanted to know the girl’s age. Walker wouldn’t tell him at first, and when his frien d asked him if she was 15, Walker told him she would be “in a couple of months.” He showed his f
Pamela Wu. (Flagler County)
Flagler County government Human Resources Director Pamela Wu has added a feather to her leadership cap, as earlier this month she graduated from the National Association of Counties (NACo) High Performance Leadership Academy.
The program was designed by the Professional Development Academy in partnership with Fortune 1000 executives, public sector leaders, world-renowned academics, and thought leaders including General Colin Powell and Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, according to the National Association of Counties website. Its stated goal is to empower frontline county government professionals with practical, results-oriented leadership skills.
“It is also designed specifically for the unique challenges and opportunities of serving in county government,” County Administrator Jerry Cameron said. “In addition to the webinars and small-group cohort sessions, Ms. Wu was required to complete assignments every day for twelve weeks.”