MIAMI — A Florida sheriff launched an investigation Friday into whether his department properly monitored the wealthy financer Jeffrey Epstein while he was serving a sentence for soliciting prostitution from underage girls. While only convicted on two counts, prosecutors alleged that Epstein had been involved with dozens of underage teenage girls. READ: US Labor Secretary Acosta resigns over Epstein affairHis plea deal helped him avoid more serious federal charges. But news reports of the deal sparked a public outcry, and federal prosecutors in New York charged him with sex trafficking involving underage victims. After a little more than three months in a Florida county jail, Epstein spent most of his days at his office, according to Palm Beach County sheriff’s records released to The Associated Press.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 19, 2019 22:07 UTC