TAMARAC, FLA. (WSVN) - A Florida Appeals Court has ruled in favor of a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy who had once been charged with battery.
The court agreed with a lower court judge that Gregory Lacerra was standing his ground while making a 2019 arrest.
Lacerra and another deputy were trying to detain then 15-year-old Delucca Rolle at a Tamarac shopping plaza when Lacerra pepper sprayed and pushed the teen to the ground.
The Appeals Court sided with the lower court ruling that Rolle’s aggressive behavior justified Lacerra’s response.
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