Five Broward Sheriff's deputies have been put on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of an investigation.
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Broward sheriff's deputies put on leave over Tamarac triple shooting investigation
Five Broward Sheriff's deputies have been put on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of an investigation into the handling of a
triple homicide over the weekend in Tamarac.
Sources told CBS Miami, 1 lieutenant, 2 sergeants and 2 deputies have been placed on leave. Four work in the Tamarac district, the fifth is assigned to another district.
According to court documents,
Nathan Gingles was in the midst of a contentious divorce from his estranged wife, Mary Gingles. Investigators say he went to her home Sunday morning at 5897 North Plum Bay Parkway around 6 a.m. and fatally shot her father on the patio.
According to an arrest warrant David Ponzer, Gingle's father-in-law, was startled when he showed up at his home.
"The victim was on the ground and appeared to be clutching the handle of a coffee cup and a lighter," according to the arrest report.
Detectives say they found a domestic violence injunction order lying on the kitchen table.
Detectives say after the shooting, Mary Gingles ran to a neighbor's house for help, but Gingles followed her and opened fire,
killing both her and the neighbor, 36-year-old Andrew Ferrin.
Surveillance shows Gingles casually walking with his 4-year-old daughter Seraphina away from the crime scene.
On Tuesday, Gingles was relaxed facing a judge who ordered him held without bond on the
murder charges and set a $2 million dollar bond on additional charges that included violating a domestic violence protection order, armed burglary, kidnapping, child abuse and child neglect.
Mary Gingles had filed a restraining order against Nathan Gingles last February after a domestic violence incident and also filed for divorce.
"Because of Nathan's psychotic behavior, his multiple silencer firearms and impending divorce I'm afraid he will kill me," she wrote in her filing, according to court documents. "I am willing to submit to psychological testing and believe it necessary Nathan do the same."
In court on Tuesday it appeared the judge agreed, with the judge ordering Nathan Gingles to undergo a mental health screening.
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‘It is clear we fell short’: BSO Sheriff Tony suspends 7 BSO members after deadly Tamarac triple murder
Seven members of the Broward Sheriff’s Office have been suspended following an internal review of the agency’s response to a domestic violence case that ended in a triple murder, Sheriff Gregory Tony announced.
The suspended members are Lt. Michael Paparella, Sgt. Travis Allen, Sgt. Devoune Williams, Deputy Ilany Ceballos, Deputy Brittney King, Deputy Joseph Sasso, and Deputy Daniel Munoz.
Their years of service range from five to 28 years, with Paparella being the most senior.
“It is clear we fell short. We fell short on this one,” Tony said during a news conference held Wednesday.
The sheriff acknowledged failures in the handling of the
case involving 43-year-old Nathan Gingles, who is accused of killing his estranged wife, father-in-law and a neighbor in Tamarac on Sunday.
Tony took responsibility for the chaotic chain of events that occurred.
“This death is on my watch. It’s on my watch. I’m the sheriff of this county. I’m responsible,” said Tony.
Authorities said Nathan, who was under a restraining order, fatally shot his father-in-law, David Ponzer, before killing his wife, Mary Gingles, and their neighbor, Andrew Ferrin, as she tried to hide from him at Ferrin’s home.
The killings happened in front of the couple’s 4-year-old daughter Seraphine, who was later found unharmed when
Gingles was arrested at a nearby Walmart after trying to kidnap her, deputies said.
One of the suspended members seems to have seen Nathan and the child walking down the street the moment of the killings and didn’t approach them.
“He’s walking with a child, maybe 4 years old, and she has no shoes on,” said a deputy over his radio on Sunday morning.
Deputies said Mary had been trying to raise awareness to her situation for over a year and even predicted her own death by telling them her husband was going to kill her.
“There was enough there where we could’ve potentially pursued a probable cause affidavit so we can arrest him and take him off the streets, and that didn’t happen, we know that,” said Tony.
The case has sparked criticism from the victims’ families and the community, with some saying the system failed to protect Mary despite prior warnings.
But Tony sent a reassuring message to the community about how deputies will handle similiar cases.
“To the public, to the community, to those mothers and women out there who think that we are going to drop the ball and this is a consistent pattern, know this: When we rectify this situation, I am going to send the fear of God among this entire agency to make damn sure we don’t do this again,” he said.
The shooting remains under investigation.
Nathan remains behind bars.
The child is under the state’s custody.
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