A former St. Petersburg Police Department employee who pleaded guilty to providing information from confidential databases to a man who committed a crime had her charges reduced Friday and will serve a year of probation.
Robin Conyers, 61, was working as a traffic crash investigator in 2023 when she shared confidential information about a deceased owner of a car with Delon Walton, who used it to illegally transfer the vehicle and title to his name.
Conyers’ supervisor noticed during a routine quarterly audit that several entries were not work-related, according to police.When the discovery was turned over to the agency’s Office of Professional Standards, they found that she used a false code to access the database.
Conyers used her personal cellphone to call Walton and share the information with him, according to court documents.
Later that day, Walton used the information to transfer a 2000 Lincoln to his personal landscaping and tree service business.
Conyers was arrested in 2024 on a felony charge of unlawful use of a two-way communication device and misdemeanor offenses of misuse of confidential information and offenses against computer users. She was released on a $5,000 bond.
Conyers retired from the agencyfive days after her arrest, according to police records. Police Chief Anthony Holloway wrote in a complaint that she would have been terminated if she had not retired.
In court Friday, Pinellas Judge Philippe Matthey lowered the felony charge to a second misdemeanor charge of misuse of confidential information and agreed to grant Conyers probation.
Walton, 47, was arrested in 2024 on charges of scheme to defraud, criminal use of the personal information of a dead person, perjury by false written declaration, and sale of a vehicle without delivery of title.
Walton pleaded guilty in May under a different judge and is serving 18 months of probation, court records show. The sister of the car owner filed a no contact order against him.
Conyers was the second St. Petersburg police employee to appear in court this week on charges of sharing confidential information from the Florida Driver and Vehicle Database, or DAVID.
Brandon Klaiber, 41, shared confidential information with a man accused of leaving homemade explosives in Tampa’s Hard Rock Casino in 2024. Hewill have his charges dropped in a year if he completes a court program.
“These employees violated the public trust by improperly accessing and disseminating confidential information,” Holloway wrote in a statement to the Tampa Bay Times. “The St. Petersburg Police Department conducts regular, mandatory audits to ensure that all database access is strictly for legitimate law enforcement purposes.”