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CBS News
2 days ago
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- CBS News
Tamarac triple murder fallout: 7 more BSO deputies placed on leave as internal probe deepens
More BSO deputies place on leave in fallout from Tamarac murders More BSO deputies place on leave in fallout from Tamarac murders More BSO deputies place on leave in fallout from Tamarac murders The Broward Sheriff's Office has placed seven additional deputies on leave following a triple murder in Tamarac earlier this year, bringing the total number of employees under scrutiny to 13. One probationary employee has already been terminated. The internal affairs investigation is focused on how BSO responded to numerous domestic violence calls from Mary Gingles, who was murdered in February along with her father, David Ponzer and neighbor, Andrew Ferrin. Gingles' estranged husband, Nathan, is accused in the killings. Pattern of inaction Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has publicly condemned his agency's failure to act on what he called repeated warning signs. Gingles had called BSO for help dozens of times prior to her death, according to Tony. "There will be people who will lose their job over this and I'm focused on making sure that they don't win a damn arbitration," Tony said. Among the disciplinary concerns are allegations of breach of confidence and neglect of duty. "To those mothers and women out there who think that we're going to drop the ball and this is a consistent pattern, know this," Tony added, "when we rectify this situation, I'm going to send the fear of God among this entire agency to make damn sure we don't do this again." Calls for accountability Frank Ponzer, whose brother David was among the victims, said he supports the ongoing investigation. "I would say they're doing a good job of investigating and finding out how these failures happened," he said. Still, Ponzer wants to see real consequences. "Obviously, there were some shortcomings here," he said. "The investigations need to continue to happen until all these people are exposed." The BSO internal affairs investigation remains ongoing.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Several more BSO deputies suspended, fired in wake of Tamarac triple murder
Several more Broward Sheriff's deputies were suspended without pay or fired Friday in the continuing aftermath of a Tamarac triple homicide, records show. At least five Tamarac district deputies were placed on administrative leave without pay: Dia Cross, Daimeon Nelson, Eric Baide, Eric Klisiak, and Lemar Blackwood, according to notices of suspension or termination obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel. A sixth deputy who was on probationary status, Stephen Tapia, was terminated Friday 'for failure to meet probationary standards.' An angry Sheriff Gregory Tony had vowed to hold his deputies accountable following the shooting of Mary Gingles, her father, David Ponzer, and a neighbor, Andrew Ferrin, in a quiet Tamarac community on Feb. 16. Mary Gingles had repeatedly sought help from the Sheriff's Office, saying in a court petition that she believed her husband, Nathan Gingles, was going to kill her. Gingles is now charged with three counts of first-degree murder. 'There will be people that lose their job over this,' Tony had said at a news conference three days after the murders. 'And I'll make sure they don't win a damn arbitration.' Tony had suspended seven deputies with pay immediately after the shooting. An eighth deputy was suspended shortly after. And the captain of the entire district, Jemeriah Cooper, was demoted to deputy before he was terminated in May. Former head of BSO's Tamarac unit fired after demotion over triple murder BSO had evidence of suspicious bag left at Tamarac murder victim's home before her death, report shows At least 15 deputies have now been suspended or fired since the triple shooting. The five on Friday were suspended without pay entirely; some had previously been suspended with pay. The Sheriff's Office did not provide any details on their role the day of the shooting due to the ongoing investigation, but all five are being charged with not meeting BSO standards when it comes to an 'active shooter,' according to their notices. Many of them also face charges relating to 'neglect of duty,' 'discretion,' and 'Body Worn Cameras.' Another deputy, Daniel Lovallo, was placed on administrative leave with pay in April. One of the charges in his case has to do with 'meeting BSO standards' in relation to 'Domestic Violence/Dating Violence Case Procedure,' according to his notice. Some of the deputies who were originally suspended with pay in February are now suspended without pay. A sergeant, Travis Allen, whose suspension was one of the seven initially reported by the Sun Sentinel, went from administrative leave with pay to without pay on May 23. Allen had responded to the scene with other deputies setting up a perimeter about 6 a.m. on Feb. 16 and had spotted people matching the appearance of Nathan Gingles and his young daughter walking in the neighborhood from his car, according to the probable cause affidavit. He broadcast over radio that he had seen a man and a barefoot girl, 'however, due to the unknown circumstances of the call, deputies continued to canvass the area.' Charges Allen is facing include the active shooter-BSO standards charge, 'taking suitable action' and neglect of duty, according to the notice. Former head of BSO's Tamarac unit fired after demotion over triple murder BSO had evidence of suspicious bag left at Tamarac murder victim's home before her death, report shows Some of the deputies suspended without pay on Friday face unique charges. Blackwood is facing a charge related to 'meeting BSO standards' when it comes to 'responsibilities of the field training deputy/tech,' and Klisiak is charged with 'meeting BSO standards' when it comes to 'Quick Response Force,' according to their notices. This is a developing story, so check back for updates. Click here to have breaking news alerts sent directly to your inbox.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Six more BSO deputies suspended, fired in wake of Tamarac triple murder
Six more Broward Sheriff's deputies were suspended without pay or fired Friday in the continuing aftermath of a Tamarac triple homicide, records show. Five Tamarac district deputies were placed on administrative leave without pay: Dia Cross, Daimeon Nelson, Eric Baide, Eric Klisiak, and Lemar Blackwood, according to notices of suspension or termination obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel. A sixth deputy who was on probationary status, Stephen Tapia, was terminated Friday 'for failure to meet probationary standards.' An angry Sheriff Gregory Tony had vowed to hold his deputies accountable following the shooting of Mary Gingles, her father, David Ponzer, and a neighbor, Andrew Ferrin, in a quiet Tamarac community on Feb. 16. Mary Gingles had repeatedly sought help from the Sheriff's Office, saying in a court petition that she believed her husband, Nathan Gingles, was going to kill her. Gingles is now charged with three counts of first-degree murder. 'There will be people that lose their job over this,' Tony had said at a news conference three days after the murders. 'And I'll make sure they don't win a damn arbitration.' Tony had suspended seven deputies with pay immediately after the shooting. An eighth deputy was suspended shortly after. And the captain of the entire district, Jemeriah Cooper, was demoted to deputy before he was terminated in May. Former head of BSO's Tamarac unit fired after demotion over triple murder BSO had evidence of suspicious bag left at Tamarac murder victim's home before her death, report shows At least 15 deputies have now been suspended or fired since the triple shooting. The five on Friday were suspended without pay entirely; some had previously been suspended with pay. The Sheriff's Office did not provide any details on their role the day of the shooting due to the ongoing investigation, but all five are being charged with not meeting BSO standards when it comes to an 'active shooter,' according to their notices. Many of them also face charges relating to 'neglect of duty,' 'discretion,' and 'Body Worn Cameras.' Another deputy, Daniel Lovallo, was placed on administrative leave with pay in April. One of the charges in his case has to do with 'meeting BSO standards' in relation to 'Domestic Violence/Dating Violence Case Procedure,' according to his notice. Some of the deputies who were originally suspended with pay in February are now suspended without pay. A sergeant, Travis Allen, whose suspension was one of the seven initially reported by the Sun Sentinel, went from administrative leave with pay to without pay on May 23. Allen had responded to the scene with other deputies setting up a perimeter about 6 a.m. on Feb. 16 and had spotted people matching the appearance of Nathan Gingles and his young daughter walking in the neighborhood from his car, according to the probable cause affidavit. He broadcast over radio that he had seen a man and a barefoot girl, 'however, due to the unknown circumstances of the call, deputies continued to canvass the area.' Charges Allen is facing include the active shooter-BSO standards charge, 'taking suitable action' and neglect of duty, according to the notice. Former head of BSO's Tamarac unit fired after demotion over triple murder BSO had evidence of suspicious bag left at Tamarac murder victim's home before her death, report shows Some of the deputies suspended without pay on Friday face unique charges. Blackwood is facing a charge related to 'meeting BSO standards' when it comes to 'responsibilities of the field training deputy/tech,' and Klisiak is charged with 'meeting BSO standards' when it comes to 'Quick Response Force,' according to their notices. This is a developing story, so check back for updates. Click here to have breaking news alerts sent directly to your inbox.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
Former head of BSO's Tamarac unit fired after demotion over triple murder
The former head of the Broward Sheriff's Office Tamarac unit has been fired following his demotion over a triple murder in February, according to a notice of termination released to the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Tuesday. Jemeriah Cooper was a captain serving at the helm of the unit when Mary Gingles, her father and a neighbor were shot and killed, deputies say, by her husband, Nathan, in her Tamarac neighborhood. In the weeks following the murders, Cooper was demoted to deputy, serving in the Port Everglades division. He was also placed on probation. On Friday, Cooper's termination was issued and his pay discontinued for 'failure to meet probationary standards,' according to the notice. The termination was finalized on Tuesday. On a Sunday morning in February, Nathan Gingles, 43, had shot and killed his father-in-law, David Ponzer, then took the couple's 4-year-old daughter as he chased his wife through the neighborhood before killing her as well as Andrew Ferrin, 36, a stranger whose home she had run into to try to escape, according to the Sheriff's Office. Cooper was among several BSO employees either demoted or placed on leave after the murders. Mary Gingles had frequently notified the Sheriff's Office of Nathan's threats to her life — including providing information about a backpack full of suspicious supplies and a tracker on her car — but he was never arrested or detained. A judge had ordered his guns surrendered under a domestic violence injunction, but Sheriff's Office personnel never took them, including the gun he used to commit the murders. BSO had evidence of suspicious bag left at Tamarac murder victim's home before her death, report shows BSO deputies investigated over sexual harassment, domestic violence case before Tamarac triple murder Prior to his promotion to the Tamarac district, Cooper had faced allegations of sexually harassing four deputies, according to internal affairs records. Investigators sustained a 'conduct unbecoming' finding in his case, but not a finding of sexual harassment. Cooper declined to comment when reached by phone Tuesday. Eight other deputies, many of them in the Tamarac district, were placed on administrative leave with pay after the murders. One of them, Detective Brittney King, also had a change in her status this month. On May 1, internal affairs notified her that she had been placed on administrative investigative leave without pay, according to a notice obtained by the Sun Sentinel. King is under investigation in relation to the following charges: 'Discretion,' 'Breach of Confidence,' 'Meeting BSO Standards; to-wit: Criminal lnvestigations and Detective Duties and Responsibilities,' 'Meeting BSO Standards; to-wit: Domestic Violence/Dating Violence case Procedure,' 'Neglect of Duty,' 'Evidence and Property,' 'Case File Maintenance System,' 'Body Worn Cameras (BWG),' and 'Risk Protection Order (RPO),' according to the notice. BSO had evidence of suspicious bag left at Tamarac murder victim's home before her death, report shows BSO deputies investigated over sexual harassment, domestic violence case before Tamarac triple murder King was heavily involved in the investigation into a tracker that Gingles said her husband had placed on her car, according to emails obtained by the Sun Sentinel, an investigation that could have resulted in her husband's arrest. The detective had authored an application for a search warrant of the GPS tracker in support of a domestic violence stalking charge on Jan. 16, a month before the murder, records show. The warrant would have allowed BSO to identify the person who bought the tracker and make an arrest. The application for the warrant said the owner of the tracker was 'unknown.' It is unclear whether the application for the warrant was ever presented to a judge, or if BSO did present it to a judge and the judge did not approve it. Meanwhile, another of the deputies under investigation, Lieutenant Michael Paparella, returned to full duty on April 28, according to records. Requests for the job status of the remaining deputies were not available as of Tuesday afternoon. The deputies' union, IUPA 6020, did not immediately return an email seeking comment about Cooper's termination or King's placement on leave without pay. Staff writer Angie DiMichele contributed to this report. This is a developing story, so check back for updates. Click here to have breaking news alerts sent directly to your inbox.
CBS News
20-04-2025
- CBS News
BSO deputy serves restraining order against man accused in Tamarac tragedy weeks before, bodycam video shows
New body camera video shows the moments when the man accused of triggering an Amber Alert and killing three people, including his estranged wife, was served a restraining order just weeks before the tragedy happened in Tamarac earlier this year. According to the video obtained by CBS News Miami, a Broward County Sheriff's deputy is shown serving a restraining order to Nathan Gingles on Jan. 6, just a month-and-a-half before he allegedly killed Mary Gingles, his estranged wife, along with her father and a neighbor before walking away from the scene with his four-year-old daughter Seraphina. "Again with the restraining order, same as the last restraining order -- no contact or some [expletive] like that," the deputy is heard saying to Nathan Gingles. "So, you already know it's going to go, real quick, you hit the nail on the head: No guns, no ammunition, permits — none of that." In that video, Nathan Gingles accused Mary Gingles of kidnapping their child. Less than two months after that interaction, Nathan Gingles was later accused of kidnapping his daughter and killing her mother, her grandfather and a neighbor who was trying to help. Nathan Gingles is currently facing murder, kidnapping and child abuse charges. The deputy who served the restraining order has been suspended because he didn't take Nathan Gingles' guns away while serving the documents, according to CBS News Miami's partners at the Miami Herald . Seven other deputies were also suspended after February's incident. Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said his agency fell short on how domestic violence calls were handled before the triple murder.
