Four Miami firefighters have been charged for their suspected roles in drawing penises on a co-worker’s family photos — a case that drew national attention because a noose was also found at the scene.
Firefighters Harold Santana, Kevin Meizoso and Justin Rumbaugh are being charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief. A fourth, Lt. Alejandro Sese, is being charged with the misdemeanor as well as a felony witness tampering charge because he is suspected of trying to cover up the incident.
“Every single one of us thinks of firefighters as heroes,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle told the Miami Herald. “So this is a very sad reality to see all this boorish, callous, abusive behavior that happened to a member of this special brotherhood.”