A Miami-Dade police detective stole $1,300 during a drug bust. A judge spared him prison
Armando Socarras, a former Miami-Dade narcotics detective busted for pocketing $1,300 in cash during a drug sting in 2016, finally went to trial — but after one day of testimony, he abruptly accepted responsibility and pleaded no contest.
But despite prosecutors calling for a year in prison and a felony to be on his record, a Miami-Dade judge spared him both.
Circuit Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez on Monday sentenced Socarras to 24 months of probation, 100 hours of community service and an anti-theft course.
She also granted him a “withhold of adjudication,” which means the felony conviction won’t show on his record.
Now, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement must decide whether to yank his law-enforcement credential.
DAWG SAYS: THIS IS A CRIME OF MORAL TERPITUDE BY AN ON-DUTY POLICE OFFICER AND NOT EVEN A FELONY IS IN PLCE BY THIS JUDGE? THIS OPENS THE DOOR FOR HIM TO CONTINUE HIS CAREER AND POSSIBLY REPEAT BEHAVIORS.
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This is why the police officers are so corrupt. Caught and no punishment hardly. Another cop in Indiana forged DMV documents on 10 or more cars and was paid by the wrecking yard to put the cars back on the road. signed under penalty of perjury, yet he was given probation and if he completes it then his record is clean. To be a cop again. When are they going to stop this idiocy.
Lou,
They won’t stop this idiocy with the police until they stop the idiocy at the ballot box. Corruption is a way of life.