Judge reduces bail for former deputy charged with child neglect after failing to confront Parkland shooter
His attorney, Joseph DiRuzzo, said Peterson should not face the neglect and negligence charges because he was not legally a caregiver with direct responsibility for the welfare of the students.
"They are overreaching. These definitions don't apply to my client," DiRuzzo told reporters after the hearing."The definition of caregiver is very broad," Donnelly said. The charges stem from Peterson's decision to remain outside a school building — where he was the assigned resource officer — on Valentine's Day last year when police say defendant Nikolas Cruz, 20, fired 140 rounds from an AR-15 rifle.if convicted of the killings. His attorneys have said he would plead guilty in return for a life prison sentence.
DiRuzzo said Peterson was abruptly arrested without warning earlier this week after an internal affairs"name-clearing" hearing at the Broward Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Gregory Tony said Peterson was fired after that hearing, even though he had previously announced his retirement. "We expect that he will be treated fairly and appropriately on a going-forward basis and we look to defending against these charges," DiRuzzo said.
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