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TRAGIC ENDING

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Lauderhill Police Officer Elijah Rodgers has taken his own life.  The details are sketchy at this time.Rogers was under investigation by the SAO for falsifying police reports, particularly claiming seat belt violations to create probable cause.  The SAO has been dropping many of his cases.  He was represented by Tony Livoti.Attorney Johnny McCray, Jr. recently had to go to trial on a Rodgers case after Matt Destry denied a Motion To Suppress.  Rodgers claimed he had written a seat belt ticket, although it couldn't be found in the system.  The jury hung.  McCray was set to retry the case with Marty Bidwill Tuesday, when the SAO dropped it.From McCray:"It's unfortunate that this Officer would go so far to take his life but it's also sad that he was lying and wrongly arresting citizens...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on February 24, 2011 (boomark / email).