Anthony Costanzo v. State

Appellant was a detective at the Bro-ward Sheriffs Office. Following a jury trial, he was acquitted of two charges and convicted of evidence tampering. We reverse the tampering conviction because the State failed to establish a violation of section 918.13, Florida Statutes (2013).

The evidence tampering charge arose from appellant’s deletion of a video from his work cellular phone. On January 20, 2012, a suspect in a case made statements about an unrelated criminal case where the defendants were two other officers, Koepke and Dodge, friends of appellant. Appellant made a video of these…