Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony will not be prosecuted for lying on a police job application in which he failed to disclose he killed someone years ago, but could lose his job.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), the false information Tony provided was made years ago and the statute of limitations had run out.

The FDLE report said it discovered Tony failed to disclose that he killed someone when he was teenager, as well as his past drug use and driving record when he applied for a police job in Coral Springs in 2005.

Tony answered no when asked whether he’d ever been in a fight where a weapon was used.

He also answered no when asked whether he’d ever injured or caused the death of another person.

Tony stated that “fighting” was the most serious thing he’d ever done in his life.

But according to the report, an FDLE investigation discovered that Tony was arrested on charges of murder and illegal weapons possession when he was 14 years old in 1993.

Tony was tried for the murder of an alleged drug dealer in a Philadelphia neighborhood where he lived at the time.

According to the report, Tony said the shooting incident occurred after an argument he and his brother had with the alleged drug dealer.

Tony was acquitted of the murder charge after claiming he acted in self-defense.

The FDLE said it also wouldn’t pursue criminal charges against Tony for lying about drug use and his driving record.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who appointed Tony in 2019 to replace Scott Israel, who was moved for the way he handled the Majority Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in 2018, said he will decide soon whether to suspend Broward’s top cop.

According to Florida law, as governor, DeSantis can permanently or temporarily suspend any local elected official for malfeasance or other infractions, with the official having the right to appeal the decision to the Florida Senate.

“We are going to review everything, take a look," DeSantis said in a statement. "We saw the initial report. It will be something we will be reviewing in the coming days."

No decision about Tony’s future was made as of South Florida Times press time.

In 2019, Israel appealed his case to the Florida Senate which upheld DeSantis’ decision during a special session.

Though suspended, Israel was allowed to challenge Tony in the 2020 Democratic primary but lost.

He now works for the Davie Police Department.

Tony’s tenure as Broward sheriff hasn’t gone as smooth as he would like, clashing with a union president over COVID19 health issues and with three of his deputies facing criminal charges for the rough takedown of a teenager.

In 2020, union leaders voted no confidence in Tony in a dispute that the sheriff was not providing officers with proper help to protect themselves from COVID19.

Jeff Bell, the president the Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputies Association, criticized Tony following the death of Deputy Shannon Bennett, who succumbed in 2020 to complications of covid symptoms, while other deputies and employees tested positive for the virus.

Bell was suspended and is currently under an internal affairs investigation for his comments, according to published reports.

Last month, Tony fired Bell for engaging in corrupt practices and conduct unbecoming to his position, including providing false information about him during his 2020 campaign for sheriff.

Tony said the termination was unanimously recommended by the sheriff’s office’s professional standards board.

"The evidence show Bell use corrupt practices to try to prevent me from being elected sheriff by providing misinformation and lies to the media to create fear and distrust among Broward Sheriff’s Office employees and within the community during a global pandemic," Tony said in a statement. "This type of behavior is egregious at any time but even more harmful and shameful during an unprecedented health crisis."

Disputing Bell’s claim, Tony said more than 25,000 high-quality masks and more than 40,000 surgical masks had already been given out when Bell made his statements saying deputies were telling him they didn’t have what they need.

“For any rogue employee to come off and present these comments, that we have failed this community and failed these men and women we are leading, is despicable," Tony said in a statement.

Bell, a 26-year veteran of the Broward Sheriff’s Office and president of the union since 2015, has not decided to take legal action over his firing.