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Title: Teele's cop-threat conviction overturned
Post by: LostInTime on April 19, 2007, 08:33:55 AM
Post by: LostInTime on April 19, 2007, 08:33:55 AM
Former Miami City Commissioner Arthur E. Teele Jr. has been posthumously exonerated on charges of threatening police officers. (http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/79046.html)
Garvin blamed the initial threat conviction for prompting Teele's downward spiral: ``I know how it affected him. I know how dejected he was when he lost his law license, when he lost his position as a commissioner for the city.''
Back in late 2005, Stephanie Teele cited unverified allegations of a jailed transvestite prostitute -- who said the city commissioner had been a client, and the media's eagerness to run with the story for pushing her husband to suicide.
Stephanie Teele could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Garvin blamed the initial threat conviction for prompting Teele's downward spiral: ``I know how it affected him. I know how dejected he was when he lost his law license, when he lost his position as a commissioner for the city.''
Back in late 2005, Stephanie Teele cited unverified allegations of a jailed transvestite prostitute -- who said the city commissioner had been a client, and the media's eagerness to run with the story for pushing her husband to suicide.
Stephanie Teele could not be reached for comment Wednesday.