Category: Broward Sheriff’s Office
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Head of Miami FBI office Piro retires; Bid-rigging probe of Broward Sheriff Tony returns to Miami
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami FBI Special Agent in Charge George Piro is retiring, after sources say he was shown the door by FBI headquarters in Washington following a complaint by a subordinate that Piro improperly transferred his office’s bid-rigging investigation of Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony to South Carolina. -
New Miramar city manager Virgin gets a sweet job, then a sweet deal in his DUI case from Broward State Attorney Pryor
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
May was a very good month for Roy Livingston Virgin. First, he was hired to be city manager of Miramar for five years with an annual salary of $270,000. Then, the office of Broward State Attorney Harold Pryor placed him in a DUI diversion program in violation of its own written rules. -
Disgraced ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss, founder of a legal aid center, hustles to prevent his own return trip to prison
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Justice Center operates out of a low-rise on Dixie Highway in Oakland Park. It’s familiar territory to the center’s founder and executive director, former Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy and ex-convict Jonathan Bleiweiss. -
Broward’s jails have hundreds of cameras inside, but Sheriff Tony won’t release video when deputies are accused of brutalizing inmates
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A “disturbing trend” of the brutalization of inmates in Broward County’s jails has prompted Broward’s Public Defender to call for “a full and transparent investigation into how and why these incidents continue to happen.” -
What to do about Broward Sheriff, his lies and scalding FDLE report? Three months on, Gov. DeSantis can’t, or won’t, make a decision
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Three months into pondering what to do about Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony, who public- corruption agents found repeatedly lied over the years on official records, Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to ponder as an anxious sheriff’s office wonders what’s going on.
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