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From: [w d starr] at [world.std.com] (William December Starr)
Subject: Remember that confiscation-happy sheriff in Florida?
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Sender: [w d starr] at [world.std.com] (William December Starr)
Organization: Northeastern Law, Class of '93
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1993 01:33:21 GMT
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A bit of happy news for anybody who remembers the stories that came out
of Florida a few years back about Sheriff Nick Navarro of Broward
County, one of the stalwarts of the War on [Some] Drugs, the guy who
gained some national notoriety as his department raked in the big bucks
by confiscating large amounts of cash from people that it stopped for
traffic violations... it seems that Nick lost his bid for re-election
last fall and, well, read on:

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[From a UPI story posted in a variety of ClariNet newsgroups Sun, 5 Sep
1993, massively trimmed by me to avoid copyright violations -- wds.]

   FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (UPI) -- A newspaper says during the tenure of
former Broward County Sheriff Nick Navarro, millions of dollars in
public money went into secret office accounts, was left in uncashed
checks or was misspent.

   The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel said Sunday that interviews with
current and former sherif's officials and internal office documents show
money was handled so casually that the new sheriff has launched an
internal investigation.

   On Friday, Sheriff Ron Cochran fired the office's auditing company.

   The Sun-Sentinel said the problems revealed through interviews and
documents included:

   --About $2.6 million in cash seized as evidence in criminal cases was
deposited in four bank accounts. The accounts have not been audited or
reconciled in more than three years and financial documents given to the
county commission did not disclose them.

[Lotsa other stuff deleted.]

   Navarro, who took office in 1985 and lost his bid for re-election
last year, could not be reached for comment. His former finance
director, Michael Woodruff, told the newspaper, "It's my policy not to
talk with reporters."

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-- William December Starr <[w d starr] at [world.std.com]>