Deerfield-News.com-Deerfield Beach, Fl-Floridabulldogs.org blockbuster story yesterday about Sheriff Tony not disclosing he had shot and killed a man raises questions. Starting with the vetting process at Coral Springs Police Department and ending with Governor DeSantis vetting of appointed Sheriff’s. When and what happened in Sheriff Tony’s youth might not have been news if he had disclosed truthfully when he became a law enforcement officer. Tony, 41, kept the May 3, 1993 killing secret for years. Again Tony had an opportunity when he was selected to be Broward Sheriff by Governor DeSantis an issue like this should have been disclosed apparently Tallahassee did not know.
Sheriff Tony is set to run for Broward Sheriff against former Sheriff Israel in November. Both Israel and Tony are running for Broward Sheriff as Democrats. According to the Supervisor of Elections, Tony has to date raised about $157,000 in monetary and in-kind contributions. Israel has raised nearly $135,000.
“When I was 14 years old, growing up in a neighborhood in Philadelphia filled with violence and gang activity, I shot an armed man in self-defense. The juvenile authorities reviewed my actions and cleared my name,” Tony wrote in an email. “This was the most difficult and painful experience of my life and I have never spoken of it publicly. I worked every day from that time forward to leave the violence that surrounded me in Philadelphia behind,” told to Floridabulldog.org
Newspaper accounts of the incident-
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