Tag: Florida Department of Law Enforcement
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Broward Sheriff Tony running again even as state ethics and police standards commissions push cases against him toward trial
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony hasn’t filed paperwork to run for re-election next year, but there’s no doubt now that he’s running – despite a mountain of bad news, including findings by two state commissions that there’s probable cause to believe that he’s lied repeatedly under oath. -
Witnesses told Philadelphia police Gregory Tony wasn’t defending himself when he shot and killed friend execution-style
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Dozens of pages of newly released Philadelphia police records about the 1993 murder arrest of Gregory Scott Tony are casting fresh doubt on the Broward sheriff’s claim that he fired in “self-defense,” as a 14-year-old, when he shot and killed 18-year-old Hector “Chino” Rodriguez. -
DeSantis removed Tampa’s top prosecutor for ‘defiance’ on abortion law, but not Broward Sheriff Tony for outspoken opposition to anti-riot law
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When Gov. Ron DeSantis removed and replaced Tampa-area State Attorney Andrew Warren last month, he said he acted because Warren had essentially gone rogue – declaring publicly that he would not waste resources to prosecute abortion providers or doctors who provide gender-affirming care to transsexual youth or their parents. -
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. -
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. -
State prosecutors decline to file any criminal charges against Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Two years after it began, a multi-faceted state investigation of Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has ended without the filing of any criminal charges.
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