By Brittany Wallman
The Orlando Sentinel
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A Broward Sheriff’s Office jail deputy is accused of inappropriate behavior toward female inmates, in a case with claims of topless, dancing inmates, an “orgy’'-like atmosphere and a text-messaged photo of a penis alongside a toothbrush.
Deputy Mason Chibnick was found to have violated the code of ethics, failed to use good judgment and engaged in conduct unbecoming of a BSO employee. He was given a counseling slip advising him of the policies, and he was transferred to an all-male jail on his own request, public records say.
Chibnick didn’t respond to a request for comment, but he denied any inappropriate contact or behavior in a sworn BSO statement, telling investigators that “if he were to return to his assignment with the female inmates, he would not do anything differently.’'
Among the allegations made by inmates or colleagues at Paul Rein Detention Facility in Pompano: that he passed greetings to inmates via a colleague, watched inmates perform sex acts on each other, tracked an inmate down on Facebook after she was released, text-messaged a photo of his penis alongside a toothbrush to the sister of one former inmate, entered a closet with a female inmate, sat on an inmate’s bunk bed, claimed inmates were “all over’’ him after he lost 50 pounds and allowed a permissive, “wild’’ atmosphere when he was in charge. Inmates said they regularly played Truth or Dare when he was on duty.
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