FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Several Broward County defense attorneys are demanding a review of dozens, if not hundreds, of criminal cases following the firing of a senior toxicologist at the Broward Medical Examiner’s Office for falsifying data. But Broward County prosecutors say the situation is being blown out of proportion and did not affect any…
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – Two new deaths inside jails in Broward County are raising new questions about the living conditions for the inmates inside of them. According to officials, certain inmates inside the jail no longer have visitation rights. One Broward inmate was in medical distress and could be seen slumped over after suffering…
State Attorney Mike Satz has been the top prosecutor in Broward County since 1976. He’s somehow won every single reelection bid, every four years, for the past 43 years. In that time, the criminal-justice world has changed around him: Prosecutors have come under increased scrutiny, forensic technology has improved, and prosecutors’ offices have adopted all…
“Abusive conduct of this sort is unacceptable.” SAMANTHA MICHAELS FEBRUARY 9, 2019 7:20 PM https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/02/racist-body-cam-footage-sheriff-deputy-florida/ A sheriff’s deputy in Florida was recently put under investigation following the review of disturbing body-cam footage. The video shows the officer approaching a black man, Allen Floyd, who was seated quietly on the sidewalk with a baby, and then…
BY DAVID J. NEAL FEBRUARY 08, 2019 08:16 PM, UPDATED FEBRUARY 13, 2019 10:52 AM https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article225998300.html The actions of a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy with a history of making false arrests drew a complaint from the Broward Public Defender’s Office after bodycam video from a July 2017 incident emerged last month. Deputy James Cady confronts…
Lisa J. Huriash Contact ReporterSouth Florida Sun Sentinel https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/dania-beach/fl-ne-deputy-bodycam-encounter-20190208-story.html A deputy is facing an internal affairs investigation after a video shows him calling a black man “boy” in an expletive-filled encounter that escalated into grabbing the man by the throat. Deputy James Cady’s body camera recorded his exchange with Allen Floyd outside a Dania Beach…
Linda Trischitta Contact ReporterSouth Florida Sun Sentinel https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-ne-body-cameras-20181219-story.html After a little more than a year of testing body cameras with 35 officers, Fort Lauderdale police began their camera program Wednesday with training for officers who work SWAT, school resource assignments, motorcycles and patrol. It’s a big change from 2016, when elected officials cited privacy concerns and costs for not…
Linda Trischitta Contact ReporterSouth Florida Sun Sentinel https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/coral-springs/fl-ne-coral-springs-cop-punch-no-discipline-20181022-story.html A police officer will not be investigated for punching a teenage girl while subduing herat Coral Square Mall, an episode that attracted national attention when a cellphone video went viral. “No policy was violated,” Coral Springs Police Officer Tyler Reik said Monday. “The officers went through what they…
Austen Erblat Contact ReporterSouth Florida Community News https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-cn-deerfield-beach-broward-transitional-center-activists-charges-dropped-20181002-story.html Charges were dropped Tuesday against seven local activists who were arrested this summer for protesting outside of the Broward Transitional Center, an immigration detention center run by controversial Boca Raton-based private prison company GEO Group. The activists, referred to as the BTC7, were arrested and charged with trespassing, a misdemeanor….
Rafael Olmeda Contact ReporterSouth Florida Sun Sentinel https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-ne-juvenile-assessment-center-funding-20181015-story.html Minors accused of crimes might be shortchanged by a funding dispute that keeps Broward County’s Juvenile Assessment Center operating overnight, according to lawyers and other officials. The Children’s Services Council has been providing $357,000 a year in funding for the center to keep it fully operational 24…