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Fired sheriff's deputy involved in Rothstein case loses pension
David Benjamin, fired Broward Sheriff's Office lieutenant
Fired Broward Sheriff's Lt. David Benjamin (Brittany Wallman / Sun Sentinel)
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POMPANO BEACH — Former Broward Sheriff's Sgt. David Benjamin, imprisoned for his role in the Scott Rothstein case, will not receive a pension.

The Board of Trustees of the Pompano Beach Police and Firefighter's Retirement System voted 8-0 to end Benjamin's pension Tuesday afternoon, nearly two years after he pleaded guilty and admitted he accepted $185,000 in cash, gifts and other perks in exchange for doing what the Fort Lauderdale attorney wanted while he operated a billion-dollar investment fraud. Rothstein is serving a 50-year federal sentence.


Benjamin forfeits a $6,859 monthly pension, and he may have to pay back earlier pension payments. He began receiving payments in 2012, a portion of it a refund for what he paid into the system over his career. But he continued to receive payments beyond the refund, totaling $41,020. The board will seek to recoup that amount from Benjamin.

"It's sad when somebody allows their self to give away the integrity, the honor, the professionalism that we're lucky enough to have in this job," said board trustee Dan Christopher, after the vote.


"By far the majority of the men and women who work in this, do it to help each other, to help the public, the citizens out there and when you see somebody go over to the other side and for a few dollars use the badge to take advantage of an innocent citizen, it's sad," said Christopher, a Sheriff's Office captain.

Ex-BSO deputies' pensions suspended after guilty pleas in Rothstein case
Ex-BSO deputies' pensions suspended after guilty pleas in Rothstein case
After Benjamin pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit extortion and violate civil rights, the payments were suspended.

Benjamin, 50, is currently imprisoned at the federal transfer center in Oklahoma City and is scheduled for release in November 2018. The U.S. Attorney's Office tried to garnish any salary or assets he had at the Sheriff's Office last year to pay off the $22,000 in restitution he owed. The Sheriff's Office responded in writing that they had nothing to turn over. He had only paid off $175 by last May.

Benjamin wasn't represented at the forfeiture proceeding. He has 60 days to respond to board's decision, and he can appeal the decision in the Fourth District Court of Appeal.

Former Sheriff's detective Jeff Poole also pleaded guilty in 2014 to conspiring to violate civil rights. Poole admitted that he illegally arrested the ex-wife of an attorney friend of Rothstein's, at Benjamin's behest. Poole, 49, has served his prison term and was released in June 2015. Benjamin admitted that he received $1,000 for arranging the arrest.

Benjamin and Poole began their law enforcement careers with the Pompano Beach Police Department several years before it merged into the Sheriff's Office in 1999, and they remained in the city's pension system.

Benjamin also admitted to using his position to help Rothstein's law partner, Stuart Rosenfeldt, run an escort out of the state in 2009 because her boyfriend threatened to expose her sexual relationship with Rosenfeldt.

The officers, Poole and others who have not been publicly identified, went to the escort's home, handcuffed the boyfriend and deleted any information from the escort's phone linking her to Rosenfeldt. She was later escorted to the airport and told not to return or she would be arrested, authorities said.

Benjamin admitted that he received $1,500 from Rothstein in exchange for that intimidation conspiracy.

Benjamin also admitted to helping Rothstein load $500,000 in cash and million of dollars worth of watches on a private jet at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in late October 2009.

The last time the board voted to cancel an officer's pension was in 2010. Sam Sirico, a 16-year Sheriff's Office veteran, lost his pension after he helped another deputy cover up a patrol car accident.

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What a complete loser. Gave up a great pension in exchange for being a crook. Well, anyone who has worked with him over the years will tell you, prison was his destiny.

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[QUOTE=Unregisteredwer;2526766]Fired sheriff's deputy involved in Rothstein case loses pension
David Benjamin, fired Broward Sheriff's Office lieutenant
Fired Broward Sheriff's Lt. David Benjamin (Brittany Wallman / Sun Sentinel)
Brian Ballou Brian BallouContact Reporter
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Fired sheriff's deputy will be released from prison in November 2018

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POMPANO BEACH — Former Broward Sheriff's Sgt. David Benjamin, imprisoned for his role in the Scott Rothstein case, will not receive a pension.

The Board of Trustees of the Pompano Beach Police and Firefighter's Retirement System voted 8-0 to end Benjamin's pension Tuesday afternoon, nearly two years after he pleaded guilty and admitted he accepted $185,000 in cash, gifts and other perks in exchange for doing what the Fort Lauderdale attorney wanted while he operated a billion-dollar investment fraud. Rothstein is serving a 50-year federal sentence.


Benjamin forfeits a $6,859 monthly pension, and he may have to pay back earlier pension payments. He began receiving payments in 2012, a portion of it a refund for what he paid into the system over his career. But he continued to receive payments beyond the refund, totaling $41,020. The board will seek to recoup that amount from Benjamin.

"It's sad when somebody allows their self to give away the integrity, the honor, the professionalism that we're lucky enough to have in this job," said board trustee Dan Christopher, after the vote.


"By far the majority of the men and women who work in this, do it to help each other, to help the public, the citizens out there and when you see somebody go over to the other side and for a few dollars use the badge to take advantage of an innocent citizen, it's sad," said Christopher, a Sheriff's Office captain.

Ex-BSO deputies' pensions suspended after guilty pleas in Rothstein case
Ex-BSO deputies' pensions suspended after guilty pleas in Rothstein case
After Benjamin pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit extortion and violate civil rights, the payments were suspended.

Benjamin, 50, is currently imprisoned at the federal transfer center in Oklahoma City and is scheduled for release in November 2018. The U.S. Attorney's Office tried to garnish any salary or assets he had at the Sheriff's Office last year to pay off the $22,000 in restitution he owed. The Sheriff's Office responded in writing that they had nothing to turn over. He had only paid off $175 by last May.

Benjamin wasn't represented at the forfeiture proceeding. He has 60 days to respond to board's decision, and he can appeal the decision in the Fourth District Court of Appeal.

Former Sheriff's detective Jeff Poole also pleaded guilty in 2014 to conspiring to violate civil rights. Poole admitted that he illegally arrested the ex-wife of an attorney friend of Rothstein's, at Benjamin's behest. Poole, 49, has served his prison term and was released in June 2015. Benjamin admitted that he received $1,000 for arranging the arrest.

Benjamin and Poole began their law enforcement careers with the Pompano Beach Police Department several years before it merged into the Sheriff's Office in 1999, and they remained in the city's pension system.

Benjamin also admitted to using his position to help Rothstein's law partner, Stuart Rosenfeldt, run an escort out of the state in 2009 because her boyfriend threatened to expose her sexual relationship with Rosenfeldt.

The officers, Poole and others who have not been publicly identified, went to the escort's home, handcuffed the boyfriend and deleted any information from the escort's phone linking her to Rosenfeldt. She was later escorted to the airport and told not to return or she would be arrested, authorities said.

Benjamin admitted that he received $1,500 from Rothstein in exchange for that intimidation conspiracy.

Benjamin also admitted to helping Rothstein load $500,000 in cash and million of dollars worth of watches on a private jet at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in late October 2009.

The last time the board voted to cancel an officer's pension was in 2010. Sam Sirico, a 16-year Sheriff's Office veteran, lost his pension after he helped another deputy cover up a patrol car accident.

bballou@sun-sentinel.com, 954-356-4188, Twitter: @briballou[/QUOTE


Dirty Convicted Felons is what they are!

Detective Jeffrey Poole is a Convicted Federal Felon for his criminal acts and he personally pleaded guilty. Convict Jeff also had his activities in arresting an innocent woman for his good friend Benjamin and then he forcedly entered into the escorts home for Rothstein's partner armed with guns and badges to intimidate the escort and her boyfriend. Two other BSO SID types are sitting out for helping Poole and they are soon to be arrested by the Palm Beach SAO who is about to lock them up.

Shameful Convict Jeff worked a sweetheart deal for his cooperation in identifying many very corrupt acts he and other were involved in.

What a sc-mbag and anyone who supports him is equally wrong.

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Convict Jeff, so how ya feeling tonight. You have been busy reaching out to the Pompano Beach Pension board members lately trying to sway their vote on your fate, but the vote will also be unanimous because the law is very clear on your criminal activities which resulted in your open plea of "Guilty" before Federal Court Judge James Cohn.

Any attempts to have others attempt to touch these board members will result in a violation of your Federal Probation. Wouldn't be interesting in you being violated on your probation?
Better just go away and take the medicine you deserve.
From respectable police officer to federal convicted felon!
What kind of family do you have that knows daddy went to prison?
Hope your wife enjoys the criminal you've become, sleeping with a convicted felon............

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Convict Jeff, so how ya feeling tonight. You have been busy reaching out to the Pompano Beach Pension board members lately trying to sway their vote on your fate, but the vote will also be unanimous because the law is very clear on your criminal activities which resulted in your open plea of "Guilty" before Federal Court Judge James Cohn.

Any attempts to have others attempt to touch these board members will result in a violation of your Federal Probation. Wouldn't be interesting in you being violated on your probation?
Better just go away and take the medicine you deserve.
From respectable police officer to federal convicted felon!
What kind of family do you have that knows daddy went to prison?
Hope your wife enjoys the criminal you've become, sleeping with a convicted felon............

Jeff is not stupid his problem is he was over confident. Jeff felt the Lamebirty crime family would be in power for many years to come. He never thought he would be held responsible for his actions. Imagine how strange this world must seem to Jeff now.

No more Lamberty
No more XO Benji
No more PBA

Jeff could have never seen this coming. Thank you Sheriff Israel and your supporters who helped free our agency from these past criminals. Hopefully the rest of them will be joining Benji in prison soon.

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Baldwin you are next to lose yours. Kiss your cert bye bye. You may have escaped prison but you won't this. Dirty cop scum. You day will come soon. Ànd he thought he would get restated. What a clown

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Fired sheriff's deputy involved in Rothstein case loses pension
David Benjamin, fired Broward Sheriff's Office lieutenant
Fired Broward Sheriff's Lt. David Benjamin (Brittany Wallman / Sun Sentinel)
Brian Ballou Brian BallouContact Reporter
Sun Sentinel
Fired sheriff's deputy will be released from prison in November 2018

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POMPANO BEACH — Former Broward Sheriff's Sgt. David Benjamin, imprisoned for his role in the Scott Rothstein case, will not receive a pension.

The Board of Trustees of the Pompano Beach Police and Firefighter's Retirement System voted 8-0 to end Benjamin's pension Tuesday afternoon, nearly two years after he pleaded guilty and admitted he accepted $185,000 in cash, gifts and other perks in exchange for doing what the Fort Lauderdale attorney wanted while he operated a billion-dollar investment fraud. Rothstein is serving a 50-year federal sentence.


Benjamin forfeits a $6,859 monthly pension, and he may have to pay back earlier pension payments. He began receiving payments in 2012, a portion of it a refund for what he paid into the system over his career. But he continued to receive payments beyond the refund, totaling $41,020. The board will seek to recoup that amount from Benjamin.

"It's sad when somebody allows their self to give away the integrity, the honor, the professionalism that we're lucky enough to have in this job," said board trustee Dan Christopher, after the vote.


"By far the majority of the men and women who work in this, do it to help each other, to help the public, the citizens out there and when you see somebody go over to the other side and for a few dollars use the badge to take advantage of an innocent citizen, it's sad," said Christopher, a Sheriff's Office captain.

Ex-BSO deputies' pensions suspended after guilty pleas in Rothstein case
Ex-BSO deputies' pensions suspended after guilty pleas in Rothstein case
After Benjamin pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit extortion and violate civil rights, the payments were suspended.

Benjamin, 50, is currently imprisoned at the federal transfer center in Oklahoma City and is scheduled for release in November 2018. The U.S. Attorney's Office tried to garnish any salary or assets he had at the Sheriff's Office last year to pay off the $22,000 in restitution he owed. The Sheriff's Office responded in writing that they had nothing to turn over. He had only paid off $175 by last May.

Benjamin wasn't represented at the forfeiture proceeding. He has 60 days to respond to board's decision, and he can appeal the decision in the Fourth District Court of Appeal.

Former Sheriff's detective Jeff Poole also pleaded guilty in 2014 to conspiring to violate civil rights. Poole admitted that he illegally arrested the ex-wife of an attorney friend of Rothstein's, at Benjamin's behest. Poole, 49, has served his prison term and was released in June 2015. Benjamin admitted that he received $1,000 for arranging the arrest.

Benjamin and Poole began their law enforcement careers with the Pompano Beach Police Department several years before it merged into the Sheriff's Office in 1999, and they remained in the city's pension system.

Benjamin also admitted to using his position to help Rothstein's law partner, Stuart Rosenfeldt, run an escort out of the state in 2009 because her boyfriend threatened to expose her sexual relationship with Rosenfeldt.

The officers, Poole and others who have not been publicly identified, went to the escort's home, handcuffed the boyfriend and deleted any information from the escort's phone linking her to Rosenfeldt. She was later escorted to the airport and told not to return or she would be arrested, authorities said.

Benjamin admitted that he received $1,500 from Rothstein in exchange for that intimidation conspiracy.

Benjamin also admitted to helping Rothstein load $500,000 in cash and million of dollars worth of watches on a private jet at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in late October 2009.

The last time the board voted to cancel an officer's pension was in 2010. Sam Sirico, a 16-year Sheriff's Office veteran, lost his pension after he helped another deputy cover up a patrol car accident.

bballou@sun-sentinel.com, 954-356-4188, Twitter: @briballou[/QUOTE


Dirty Convicted Felons is what they are!

Detective Jeffrey Poole is a Convicted Federal Felon for his criminal acts and he personally pleaded guilty. Convict Jeff also had his activities in arresting an innocent woman for his good friend Benjamin and then he forcedly entered into the escorts home for Rothstein's partner armed with guns and badges to intimidate the escort and her boyfriend. Two other BSO SID types are sitting out for helping Poole and they are soon to be arrested by the Palm Beach SAO who is about to lock them up.

Shameful Convict Jeff worked a sweetheart deal for his cooperation in identifying many very corrupt acts he and other were involved in.

What a sc-mbag and anyone who supports him is equally wrong.

It wasn't 2 BSO SID with him it was 2 Fort Lauderdale officers who were with him, know the true facts before you post.

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And one of them left Ft. Lauderdale PD and now works at BSO. And guess where.....you got it, SID. Another command favor/let's look the other way for our freind. But don't worry, it's all coming out soon enough.

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And one of them left Ft. Lauderdale PD and now works at BSO. And guess where.....you got it, SID. Another command favor/let's look the other way for our freind. But don't worry, it's all coming out soon enough.

Yep, the good ole boy system is gone . Long gone

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Baldwin you are next to lose yours. Kiss your cert bye bye. You may have escaped prison but you won't this. Dirty cop scum. You day will come soon. Ànd he thought he would get restated. What a clown

Anyone know the names of the "others" involved?