Dozens of cases involving former Fort Lauderdale cops dropped
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -
Dozens of cases involving four former Fort Lauderdale police officers accused of engaging in racist exchanges have been dropped by the Broward State Attorney's Office.
The cases dropped include eight misdemeanors, 12 felonies and one juvenile case. Seventeen more cases are expected to be dropped.
The felony cases include charges such as aggravated assault with a firearm, grand theft, cocaine possession, burglary and possession of a firearm by a felon.
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James Wells, 29, Jason Holding, 31, and Christopher Sousa, 25, were fired last month after racially charged text messages were brought forth to the police department by 22-year-old Alex Alvarez’s ex-fiancee.
Alvarez quit during the internal investigation by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.
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