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By Linda Trischitta, Sun Sentinel1:15 p.m. EDT, August 9, 2013
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BSO employee charged with extortion8
A Broward Sheriff's employee was charged with extortion by her employer after discovery of
an alleged plot to expose an extramarital affair, the agency said.
Deborah O'Flaherty-Lewis, 47, is accused by BSO of threatening a victim with texts and
phone calls that if she was not paid $7,000, an affair would be revealed, according to a
probable cause affidavit.
O'Flaherty-Lewis has worked for BSO since 1995. She was a child investigative supervisor
who earned a base pay of $81,000 at the time of her arrest, according to documents supplied
by the agency.
At a meeting with the victim Tuesday night and while
under a deputy's surveillance, O'Flaherty-Lewis received an
envelope containing cash at 1100 SW 10th St. in Deerfield
Beach, BSO said.
She was immediately detained and the marked money was recovered, according to the report,
and was later suspended with pay from her job, the agency said.
[email protected], 954-356-4233 or Twitter @LindaTrischitta
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Michael Clougherty at 9:59 AM August 09, 2013
Hey look GDA has changed his name to Kiss My. You must be going crazy thismorning reading 16 county workers won the POWERBALL. Great for them tough sheetfor you.
Bonnie42 at 9:16 AM August 09, 2013
Thats just base pay,add the o.t. car insurence and the rest I,l bet its over 150 Gs.
Fiscally Responsible at 6:21 AM August 09, 2013
Pension costs BANKRUPT DETROIT. Greedy cops and firemen destroy major city withlust of MONEY.It is all about MONEY.Of the 154 Miami police and firefighters who “retired” (actually entered the DROP) onSept. 26, 2010, 55 have annual pensions in excess of $100,000, 10 of them greater than$150,000. The latter group includes Chief Fire Officer Ronald Khawly, who transitionedinto retirement at 52 with a pension of $181,856; Assistant Fire Chief Veldora Arthur(44, with a pension of $166,687) and Chief Fire Officer Joe Burns (54, with a pension of$165,910).• In Hollywood, firefighters who left the city’s employ since 2008 after eight years in theDROP program have walked away with savings accounts of $500,000 or more, someas high as $1 million.“Pensions can’t be as rich as they have been,’’ said Hollywood Commissioner BeamFurr. “When you are in the public service, you shouldn’t be expecting to become rich.You shouldn’t be expecting to become suddenly a millionaire, and that has happened.”
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