A Palm Beach County detective was disciplined for farting in a fellow deputy’s face, public records obtained by Reason show.
A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) personnel complaint filed on November 17, 2025, alleged that Detective James Coppola had “engaged in horseplay by passing gas in Deputy [Joshua] Mohammed’s face” in the PBSO’s District 9 detective bureau.
The complaint was not filed by the target of Coppola’s rude eruption, but rather the District 9 division commander. The commander also filed a complaint against Mohammed for prohibited horseplay, presumably launched as a counter-offensive…