Category: Broward State Attorney
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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.” -
Report by state attorneys who declined to prosecute Broward Sheriff Tony left out key facts about perjury investigation
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When state prosecutors decided in January not to charge Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony with felony perjury for lying under oath on his application for a replacement driver’s license, the prosecutor’s memo announcing and explaining that decision omitted significant facts. -
Appeals court agrees BSO deputy has ‘stand your ground’ immunity for battery in controversial pepper spray and takedown of teen
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A state appeals court today affirmed a Broward judge’s decision to dismiss a misdemeanor battery charge against Sgt. Gregory LaCerra for his role in the pepper-spraying of a teenager in Tamarac in April 2019 because the officer was standing his ground. -
After promising reform, top Broward prosecutor Pryor gives big break to charity-cheating cop
By Bob Norman
special to FloridaBulldog.org
After two years of investigation by his own department, retired Davie Police Officer Jeffrey Stewart was finally about to face justice. Then Broward’s new state attorney intervened.
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