Ward Collected State Attorney Paycheck While His Law License Was Suspended

Back in 2009, newly elected Monroe County State Attorney Dennis Ward received a delinquency letter because he had failed to meet the continuing education requirements for the period ending June 30, 2009. It took Ward two weeks to fulfill the continuing education requirements and report that to the Bar. During that period, Ward was not allowed to practice law as per the Florida Bar — “Delinquent members shall not engage in the practice law in Florida . . .” That quote is from the Florida Bar Rule 1-3.6 concerning delinquent members.

Yet one of the qualifications for the office of State Attorney is that the occupant of the office be a practicing attorney and member of the Florida Bar.

One of the qualifications for the office of State Attorney mandated by the Florida Constitution is that all state attorney candidates "shall be and have been a member of the bar of Florida for the preceding five years." It is undisputed that One-Term Ward has not been a member in good standing of the Florida bar for the past five years and therefore is not qualified to run for the position.

Ward now claims that he did not practice law during that period. Yet Ward took a paycheck for the period he was ineligible to act as State Attorney.

How can we expect Ward to enforce the law when he feels he is above the law himself?

All pigs are equal but Ward thinks that some pigs are more equal than others. Not a good trait in a man vested as the highest law enforcement officer in such a corrupt county.

In Ward's World all pigs are equal but some pigs are more equal than others

MCSO: Evidence lacking to arrest drunk deputy

Deputy Donald Dalton, who by Jan. 9 had already racked up a history of alcohol-related misdeeds with the Sheriff's Office, including a previous allegation of drunk driving while on patrol, was never arrested for the alleged DUI that day and has not been charged with a crime.

Dalton blew 0.155 and 0.151, both almost twice the legal limit of 0.08, in two Breathalyzer tests shortly after he was ordered off the road on Jan. 9, say Sheriff's Office documents.

The incident, however, wasn't the first time Dalton was drunk on patrol, according to the Sheriff's Office. On March 11, 2007, Dalton was breath-tested due to concerns that he smelled strongly of alcohol while on duty. The tests, which were administered at 12:30 that afternoon, showed a breath alcohol of 0.02, below the legal limit of 0.08. But the Sheriff's Office concluded that before 9 o'clock that morning, when a co-worker first complained that Dalton smelled of alcohol, he had been driving with a breath alcohol level slightly above 0.1, higher than the limit.

Attorney disbarred over will but Ward doesn’t prosecute

A Marathon attorney and former president of the Florida Keys Bar Association accused of mishandling a woman's will, particularly his collection of $200,000.00 in inheritance money, consented to being disbarred, but Dennis Ward declined to prosecute.

William "Buck" DeVane, who formerly represented Key Colony Beach and the Florida Keys Community College board, agreed not to practice law in Florida……

In addition to over $200,000.00, DeVane took leather sofas, two flat-screen televisions, a Bose radio, artwork and $2,000 to $3,000 in cash from Meyers' condo, as well as $63,562 given to him to care for the deceased woman's dog.

A legal consultant hired by the city of Key West is recommending the City Commission pay a proposed $45,000 settlement to a man claiming he was wrongfully arrested and thrown to the ground by a city police officer.
The incident in question allegedly occurred about 1 a.m. June 20, 2007, when Unuvar was trying to park his car near his Flagler Avenue residence, reports say. Unuvar reportedly couldn't find a parking space near his house, so he parked on the other side of the street. Police said he did so without headlights.
Unuvar alleges that Officer Luis Sanchez threw him to the ground, and that he suffered a cut to the face from the incident. Unuvar was charged with obstructing an officer without violence, but former cop One-Term Ward later dropped the charge, citing insufficient evidence and never considered charging officer Sanchez.

A year earlier, the State Attorney’s Office had to drop charges against a man that Sanchez had arrested because a comparison of the video and his under-oath report showed that Sanchez was lying to try to justify roughing up the man during the arrest. Lying on an official report is a crime. Would you be surprised that Sanchez was never disciplined at all in this case?

On the evening of July 8, 2010, Sanchez stopped a vehicle that was being driven erratically. But when he realized that the vehicle was being driven by an off-duty cop who had been drinking, he turned off his ICOP and arranged for the cop to get a ride home.

Cop’s Ticket dismissed in fatal accident December 1, 2011

Florida Highway Patrol troopers cited Deputy Scott Ward in August after completing an investigation of the accident in which Ward rear-ended an electric car on U.S. 1 on Boca Chica Key. Randall Graft, 54, of North Huntingdon, Pa., died from injuries received when he was thrown from the vehicle.

Deputy Scott Ward reportedly was going 59 mph in a 55 mph zone on his way to work patrolling Higgs Beach in Key West.

Ward began working for the Sheriff's Office in August 2007. His personnel file contains both a letter of commendation and another for a sustained neglect of duty offense. The latter involved "careless handling or intentional abuse of equipment or weapons," in this case a squad car. He struck a concrete utility pole in his patrol car in February 2010. He received a letter of counseling for the offense. He remains working in road patrol. Randall Graft – not so much.

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