Category: Broward Sheriff’s Office
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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. -
First it was Deerfield Beach’s city manager, now the mayor of Pembroke Park says Sheriff Tony threatened him
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A second public official, the mayor of Pembroke Park, has accused Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony of threatening him with physical harm. -
Florida taxpayers paid $1.72 million to compensate ‘wrongly incarcerated’ Sidney Holmes. Did the state get it right?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The State v. Sidney Lamar Holmes is finally over. After 34 years behind bars, he’s now two years out of prison. And with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s signature this month on a special appropriation to compensate Holmes, unanimously passed by the Legislature, Florida’s taxpayers are out $1.72 million. -
Broward Sheriff Tony backs down on immigration stance after Florida AG threatens his job
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Faced with what amounted to an ultimatum from Tallahassee that he assist ICE and enforce federal immigration law, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony appeared to back down late Monday from his earlier public vow not to cooperate. -
Florida AG warns Broward Sheriff Tony he can be removed from office if he doesn’t enforce federal immigration law
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Upset by Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony’s recent refusal to help enforce federal immigration law, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier today warned Tony that his failure to do so could lead the governor to remove him from office. -
Conflicted ethics commission prosecutor paves way to settlement sought by Broward Sheriff Tony
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff “Dr.” Gregory Tony’s legal troubles with the State of Florida are finally behind him. The Commission on Ethics decided Friday by a 3-2 vote to accept a settlement deal that ends the case without a public trial that could prove embarrassing to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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