Fifth BSO Deputy Arrested In Smuggling and Sexting Probe

Wonza Moore is the latest Broward Department of Detention employee charged since December

At least no one was caught in a broom closet this time, but the ongoing investigation into smuggling and sexting in the Broward County detention system has nabbed a fifth Broward Sheriff's employee.

Jails deputy Wonza Moore, 48, faces four charges of introducing contraband into a jail facility and one each of official misconduct and unlawful use of a cell phone.

A 14-year BSO veteran, Moore is alleged to have had a personal relationship with inmate Rasuul Mustafa, who has been held without bail on an attempted murder charge since October 2009. Mustafa shares all charges.

Even more arrests are expected, according to agency officials whose probe into unlawful and inappropriate activity inside BSO jail facilities has led to the arrests of four deputies and a contracted nurse since December. 

Detectives say former detention deputy Salisia Pascoe, 30, had sex with a murder suspect in a broom closet and also smuggled a cell phone to him so they could communicate.

Detention Tech Kiara Walker, 22, is alleged to have provided a phone to an armed robbery suspect, with which deputies say the pair sent each other messages and Walker texted an explicit photo.

Records show Carline Jean, a jail nurse then employed by Armor Health Care, purchased and supplied a cell phone to an inmate with whom she also exchanged personal text messages.

A third former Deputy, 30-year-old Roderick Lopez, was charged with smuggling food, batteries and a cellular phone to various inmates. Authorities also say he once met an inmate's girlfriend at a McDonald's to receive a $50 smuggling payment while in uniform.

Deputy Keith McPhee, 37, is accused of earning $600 in exchange for smuggling cell phone batteries, Gatorade, and photos of an inmate's bikini-clad girlfriend into the BSO's main jail.

The arrests prompted both random search and no-cell-phone policies in Broward jails.

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