A Broward Sheriff's Office lieutenant turned himself in at the county jail Friday afternoon on 15 felony charges. He is accused of stealing more than $10,000 from taxpayers by working a series of second jobs on the other side of the county when he was supposed to be on duty. Eric Wright, 50, was assigned to a supervisor's job in Weston. But a Sheriff's Office investigation showed that on 14 occasions when he was supposed to be on duty, he was actually working so-called off-duty details at Deerfield Beach High School and a Pompano Beach restaurant, or was just absent without permission.
Wright, a 28-year veteran law enforcement officer, surrendered at the main jail in downtown Fort Lauderdale about 3:45 p.m. Friday. He was charged with one count of organized scheme to defraud and 14 counts of grand theft, records show.
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