Robert Mistretta, the supervisor of the child-abuse investigation of 2 1/2-year-old Alfredo Montes, learned he'd been fired from his job of two months from his wife, who heard the news on television. Gov. Jeb Bush's televised comments Friday about the firings of a caseworker who falsified reports and her supervisor at the Department of Children & Families, caught Mistretta by surprise. "My wife actually heard before I did," said Mistretta, 29, who supervised a six-person team of child-abuse investigators, including Erica Jones, who officials said lied about visiting Alfredo at his home near Winter Haven. Mistretta said Saturday that he's...
