{"id":340503,"date":"2026-07-15T03:50:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/340503\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T03:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:50:43","slug":"broward-corrections-holds-ex-sergeant-without-bond-after-4th-arrest-in-7-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/340503\/","title":{"rendered":"Broward corrections holds ex-sergeant without bond after 4th arrest in 7 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Corrections was holding a former Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office sergeant without bond on Tuesday afternoon at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, according to inmate records. <\/p>\n

Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n

On Monday, in Broward County bond court, Scott N. Nida, who worked for BSO for more than 21 years, stood before Broward County Circuit Judge Corey B. Friedman, wearing an anti-suicide smock. <\/p>\n

Nida shook his head and covered his face with both hands, as a prosecutor told Friedman that the law enforcement veteran had violated a judge\u2019s orders to stay away from a domestic violence victim. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am ordering no victim contact,\u201d Friedman told Nida in court. \u201cI don\u2019t know what else I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"EX-BSO DEPUTY ARRESTED: Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Scott Nida on Jan. 7, April 20, May 17, and on Saturday \u2014 his fourth arrest in seven months, records show. <\/p>\n

BSO deputies had arrested Nida on Jan. 7<\/a>, April 20<\/a>, May 17, and on Saturday<\/a> \u2014his fourth arrest in seven months, records show. <\/p>\n

Records show the first two arrests were after Nida was accused of battering the same woman, and the last two arrests were after Nida was accused of violating a judge\u2019s order to stay away from her. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhile strangling her,\u201d Nida \u201cpushed\u201d the woman \u201cto the ground and dragged her across the front lawn,\u201d a deputy wrote, according to the Jan. 7<\/a> arrest report. <\/p>\n

BSO hired Nida on Jan. 18, 2005, just two days after his 34th birthday. He had been working at Port Everglades when BSO placed him on administrative leave after the Jan. 7<\/a> arrest.<\/p>\n

Nida \u201cforcibly grabbed the back of her head and began to punch her face and head multiple times … to the point she started bleeding,\u201d a deputy wrote, according to the April 20<\/a> arrest report. <\/p>\n

Nida\u2019s employment with BSO ended on June 29, after his third arrest on May 17. <\/p>\n

A deputy reported the woman, identified as the domestic violence victim on Jan. 7<\/a> and April 20<\/a>, said she and her 16-year-old daughter had moved back in with Nida in Pompano Beach, records show. <\/p>\n

Records show the evidence against Nida includes text messages that the woman sent her daughter with pictures of her injuries on Jan. 7<\/a>, and surveillance video showing her \u201cscreaming for help\u201d on April 20<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The woman \u201cexpressed she was extremely in fear\u201d of Nida \u201cand feared for her life … she felt coerced into dropping the charges,\u201d a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report on April 20<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a welfare check on Saturday, deputies reported finding the woman and her teenage daughter were still living with Nida despite the judge\u2019s order and his arrest on May 17, according to the arrest report. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Nida faced a charge of violation of the injunction for protection against domestic violence. Friedman set his bond for the first-degree misdemeanor at $10,000. <\/p>\n

Friedman denied Nida\u2019s bond for five charges: Grand theft auto, battery, robbery, false imprisonment, and tampering with a witness, victim, or informant. <\/p>\n

Read the Jan. 7 arrest report<\/p>\n

\"\"Jan. 7, 2026 – Arrest in Pompano Beach <\/p>\n

Read the April 20 arrest report<\/p>\n

\"\"April 20 arrest <\/p>\n

Read the May 17 arrest report<\/p>\n

\"\"May 17 arrest <\/p>\n

Read the July 11 arrest report<\/p>\n

\"\"July 11 arrest <\/p>\n

Watch video of bond court on July 13<\/p>\n

Scott N. Nida appears in court on July 13 <\/p>\n

Related reports<\/p>\n

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report. <\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Corrections was holding a former Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office sergeant without bond on Tuesday afternoon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-340503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}