Miami Metropolis Commissioner Joe Carollo has been cleared of prison wrongdoing after a years-long investigation by the Broward State Lawyer’s Workplace into allegations of harassment, stalking, and threats in opposition to a former police chief.
In a closeout memo launched this week, the general public corruption unit concluded that the proof “didn’t rise to the extent of prison conduct” and that the state couldn’t show past an inexpensive doubt that Carollo’s actions constituted a criminal offense. The matter has now been referred to the Miami Metropolis Fee for potential additional evaluate.
Carollo, a controversial determine and former Miami mayor, had been accused of harassing the house owners of Ball & Chain, a widely known bar and lounge in Little Havana, and allegedly retaliating in opposition to former Metropolis of Miami Police Chief Artwork Acevedo. Whereas he was ordered to pay $63 million in a separate civil case involving claims of abuse of energy in opposition to the enterprise house owners, the prison case has now been closed with no prices filed.
“To start with, I by no means even knew that I used to be being investigated,” Carollo advised 7News on Thursday. “So, to me, it was a shock that an investigation is closed when there was nothing there.”
Though Carollo has been exonerated within the prison matter, authorized challenges stay. A separate case continues to be pending, alleging that he violated the First Modification and unlawfully retaliated in opposition to Acevedo throughout his time as police chief.
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Regardless of the mounting authorized scrutiny, Carollo maintains that he’s the one being unfairly focused. “I’m the one which’s been bullied,” he stated.
The Miami Metropolis Fee will now resolve whether or not to conduct its personal inner inquiry.
