‘Justice’ reformer, ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss avoids prison but must submit to sex-offender treatment

Three photos of Jonathan Bleiweiss as a BSO deputy, inmate and justice center president
Three faces of Jonathan Bleiweiss: as a BSO deputy, prison inmate and executive director of Oakland Park's Florida Justice Center

By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org

Self-appointed justice reformer Jonathan Bleiweiss, credibly accused of molesting 25 men when he was a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy, has shut down an attempt to send him back to prison for a long stretch.

Prosecutors wanted substantial prison time to punish Bleiweiss for violating his probation. Under the terms of a generous 2015 plea deal, he served less than four years of a five-year sentence for multiple counts of battery, stalking and armed false imprisonment, at the same time ducking a possible life sentence for multiple sex crimes.

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