Judge frees Palm Beach County Clerk on bail as questions linger
TL;DR
A judge granted bail for suspended Palm Beach County Clerk Mike Caruso, setting a $160,000 bond, requiring passport surrender and a stay-out-of-Orange County order, after finding insufficient evidence to keep him jailed pretrial; prosecutors portrayed decades of alleged abuse, while defense challenged the investigation's credibility and potential contamination of evidence.
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- Judge finds flaws in Caruso investigation, grants bail for suspended clerk The Palm Beach Post
- DeSantis-suspended clerk in child sex abuse case gets bond, to be released from jail Miami Herald
- Suspended Palm Beach clerk granted $160,000 bond; hires attorney known for Harvey Weinstein defense CBS News
- Former Palm Beach County clerk accused of child sex abuse being released on $160K bond WPTV
- Mike Caruso’s name will appear on the ballot despite his arrest on sex abuse charges Sun Sentinel
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