Kenneth C. Jenne II (born December 1, 1946)Profile, nuwber.com. Accessed August 14, 2022. is a former American politician who served as a member of the Florida State Senate and a former sheriff of Broward County (Broward County Sheriff's Office), which encompasses Fort Lauderdale. He resigned as sheriff in September 2007, after having pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion and mail fraud. On November 16, 2007, he was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.Curt Anderson, "Fla. Sheriff Gets Prison for Corruption", foxnews.com, November 16, 2007.
Education Jenne was born and raised in Lake Worth Beach, Florida. His father, Kenneth C. Jenne Sr., was employed by a utility company, and his mother worked for the Palm Beach County Clerk of the Court. He attended Palm Beach Junior College, where he was student government president. In 1968, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, where he served as student body president.
He subsequently earned a Juris Doctor from Florida State University in Tallahassee. He later served in the United States Army Reserve. He retired at the rank of sergeant as a public safety supervisor. He graduated from the FBI's National Executive Institute, as well as the National Sheriffs' Institute.
Career
Politics
By 1972, Jenne was a prosecutor for the Broward County State Attorney's Office. Following his time as a prosecutor, he was elected to the Broward County Commission and served as commission chairman in 1976.
Jenne was elected to the Florida Senate in 1978 to represent District 32. He would remain in this position until 1988. Jenne was subsequently elected to the Florida Senate in 1990, this time representing District 29 and he would stay in this position until 1998. Jenne is credited with holding a majority of the top committee chairmanships in the Florida Senate, including the position of Senate Democratic Leader. In January 1998, Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, a fellow Democrat, selected him to become Broward County sheriff to succeed the late Ron Cochran.
Law enforcement As sheriff, Jenne directed a 6,300-member organization with a $638 million budget. Under his direction, the organization was responsible for law enforcement and fire rescue duties in 14 cities and towns, as well as all unincorporated areas of Broward County. He resigned on September 4, 2007 in light of federal corruption charges.
Corruption
Jenne resigned in September 2007, after agreeing to plead guilty to federal tax evasion and mail fraud charges after a corruption investigation uncovered crimes in his outside business dealings, federal prosecutors said. Jenne faced a possible grand jury indictment on more serious money laundering charges. Several of Jenne's long-term Democratic allies, including former Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth and former Florida Senate President Jim Scott, pleaded for leniency.
Jenne pleaded guilty to three counts of tax evasion and one count of mail fraud conspiracy and was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.
Incarceration
Before being assigned to prison, Jenne resided in the Federal Detention Center, Miami.McMahon, Paula and Tonya Alanez. "Rothstein's dive from Bahia Drive: Miami detention center humbles lifestyle of disgraced attorney." The Palm Beach Post. Tuesday December 8, 2009. Retrieved on December 30, 2009. In December 2007, he was transferred to the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta.Blum, Vanessa. "Jenne moved to Atlanta prison ", South Florida Sun-Sentinel, December 6, 2007; retrieved December 30, 2009. Later that month he was moved to the penitentiary in Lee County, Virginia.Nolin, Robert. "Ex-sheriff moved to Virginia prison" , South Florida Sun-Sentinel, December 20, 2007; retrieved December 30, 2009.USP Lee Contact Information , Federal Bureau of Prisons; retrieved December 30, 2009."Lee County Industrial Park Hickory Flats" , virginiascan.yesvirginia.org; retrieved December 30, 2009.
Jenne served most of his sentence in the Virginia prison. By September 2008, he was moved back to FDC Miami, as he was a possible witness in a civil case against the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) involving a jail beating.Reich, Judith and Robert Nolin. "Broward's fallen sheriff freed from prison", South Florida Sun Sentinel. September 29, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2009. Jenne was released from FDC Miami on September 29, 2008. He now reportedly lives in Hollywood, Florida and is a business consultant.
References
External links The BSO - Official Website The BSO - About the Sheriff's Office