DEVELOPING STORY: The head of the Miami Regional Operations Center of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement “retired” abruptly Thursday.

A group of agents were called to a mandatory meeting Thursday morning and told that Special Agent in Charge Troy Walker had retired “effective immediately.” Walker, the first African-American to be named chief SAC at the Miami FDLE, was in his third year in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan and was, reportedly, seeking a higher post at the state level.

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It reads like they were pulling teeth.

A transcript of the sworn statement of Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla by an attorney with the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust shows how well The Dean can channel a hard-headed high school sophomore.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finally suspended Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez Tuesday, three whole weeks after he was arrested on public corruption charges for allegedly taking $15,000 in exchange for sponsoring legislation that would benefit the owners of a shopping center and grocery store.

Martinez, who attended the first budget hearing and voted against it, did not return calls and texts to his phone. But he has previously said that he will speak when he can, by which he means after the trial is over or when the charges are dropped.

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It’s just a matter of when.

Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters on Wednesday, at a press conference about toll rebates, that he will eventually suspend Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez, who was charged last week with unlawful compensatio. Prosecutors allege he took $15,000 in exchange for sponsoring and writing legislation for a couple of District 11 business owners.

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And has this been cooked so that his replacement does his bidding?

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Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez spent five hours in jail Tuesday after he was charged with unlawful compensation for having sponsored legislation to change county code restrictions in exchange for $15,000.

Legislation is going cheap these days!

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