Category: Broward Courts
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Who’s in charge in City of West Park? As AG Uthmeier does nothing, Broward judge to weigh arguments later this month
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
West Park is a small Broward city at odds with itself. For months, a majority of the five-member, nonpartisan city commission have wanted to oust both the city attorney and city manager for alleged corruption they say includes usurping their legal authority. -
Jury hits Broward sheriff’s union and its ex-treasurer with $4 million verdict in Las Vegas sexual assault suit
By Bob Norman
FloridaBulldog.org
A former labor agent for the Broward Deputy Sheriffs Association was awarded $4 million in damages Wednesday following a trial in which she alleged her former supervisor at the union drugged and sexually assaulted her while she was incapacitated during a work-related trip to Las Vegas in 2021. -
Corruption allegations target Southwest Ranches, Davie PD and State Attorney Pryor
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Wild civil and criminal litigation filed in South Florida’s state and federal courts has exposed an allegedly pernicious web of political corruption stretching from Southwest Ranches Town Hall to the Davie Police Department and on to State Attorney Harold Pryor himself. -
Fearful voices from Sheriff Tony’s past – witnesses to when he killed – come alive in ethics case. Listen
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
On Friday, Florida’s Commission on Ethics is to consider a proposed settlement with Broward Sheriff Gregory “Dr.” Tony that would quell its unpleasant and embarrassing previous findings about him, like failing to disclose he’d killed someone, with minimal punishment. -
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Bergeron loses appeal against Waste Management in recycling case; huge legal fees loom
By Dan Christensen
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How a Broward crook who stole $100 million got a Murder One charge cut to a misdemeanor
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Q Link Wireless CEO Issa Asad and his company pleaded guilty on Oct.15 in Miami federal court to bilking more than $100 million from a government program that provides free or discounted phone service to people in need. The sentence prosecutors are recommending: five years, which is equal to one year for every $20 million he stole. Ten years earlier, while the feds say Asad was in the middle of committing his enormous fraud, he got an even better deal in Broward Circuit Court.
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