Miami police arrested a high-ranking North Miami Beach official Wednesday after they accused him of uploading more than two dozen child sexual abuse videos and images online.
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Deputy City Manager David Scott is now facing 15 felony charges. Authorities said the 63-year-old was arrested at his Edgewater home after police executed a search warrant. He was fired just hours after his arrest, officials said.
According to a Miami Police Department arrest report, the investigation into Scott began in 2023 after cloud storage service Synchronoss flagged 31 files of child abuse material uploaded to his account alongside personal photos.
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