The charges keep piling up for the Broward Sheriff's deputy who is accused of sexually assaulting illegal immigrants while on duty.
Deputy Jonathan Bleiweiss was given an additional three counts of false imprisonment and two counts of battery today, according to CBS4.
The total charges Bleiweiss now faces are 27, and they include stalking and sexual assault. He had initially been hit with 15 charges, with another seven added last week.
"These are only allegations. I don't believe there is, for a lack of a better term, I don't believe there's any foundation or meat on the bone to these allegations. He didn't do this. They are allegations and we're confident he'll be acquitted in court," Bleiweiss' lawyer, Eric Schwartzreich, told CBS.
Bleiweiss, 29, has been sitting in jail since he was arrested on August 3, accused of abusing his power by intimidating and sexually assaulting illegal immigrants and homeless men.
He was found out when one of his victims came forward to allege that Bleiweiss placed his hand inside the victim’s underwear and groped him during a pat down in April.
A second victim came forward to claim that Bleiweiss had pulled him over, forced him to sit in the back of his squad car, then performed oral sex on him in the back of the car.
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Several other men have accused Bleiweiss of fondling and sexually assaulting them.
Bleiweiss pled not guilty to the charges last Friday.
Last week, it was revealed that a search warrant on Bleiweiss' home found that he had been keeping personal information on potential targets.
The info, including personal data and photos of nearly 30 men who Bleiweiss had met on duty, taken from police records and law enforcement databases, was found in a wooden chest in the Deputy's bedroom.
Bleiweiss has been on the force since 2002. He was named Employee of the Year in Oakland Park in 2008, the same year Father Bob Daudill, of All Saints Catholic Mission Soup Kitchen, sent a letter to the city's mayor to warn that Bleiweiss was harassing homeless people who used his soup kitchen.
Bleiweiss is being held without bond and has been suspended without pay.
