July 22, 2022

A jury found a Broward Sheriff’s Office detention deputy guilty of misdemeanor battery for using his flashlight to strike a jail inmate’s hands and fingers more than 40 times, Broward State Attorney Harold F. Pryor announced.

Jurors reached their verdict on Thursday afternoon following a three-day trial in Broward County Court. They deliberated for about two hours before finding Deputy Delroy Rose, 57, (DOB 6/26/1965), guilty.

The evidence presented at trial showed that the detention deputy used his flashlight to repeatedly strike the inmate’s hands and fingers on Oct. 29, 2020, after the 24-year-old inmate reportedly threw a paper cup out of his cell. The incident occurred during medication rounds in the North Broward Bureau male infirmary unit, a medical unit at the jail.

“Our goal is to do justice and ensure that offenders are held accountable whether they wear a badge or not,” said Broward State Attorney Harold F. Pryor.

The trial prosecutors were Assistant State Attorneys Lindsay Carrier and Kayla Bramnick.

Sentencing by Broward County Judge John D. Fry is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 10. The deputy is free pending sentencing. Sentencing guidelines are not available but the maximum possible penalty for the offense is 364 days in jail.

Public records are available under case # 21004730MM10A on www.browardclerk.org