A former Tampa Police Department (TPD) officer, Deni Antonic, 40, of New Port Richey, was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) on felony charges of false impersonation and uttering a forged instrument, according to the FDLE.
Antonic, who resigned from TPD before completing his probationary period, is accused of attempting to use forged law enforcement credentials to obtain an Armed Security Officer license from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS).
The investigation was initiated after TPD informed FDLE agents about the recent arrest of a then-latent print analyst—Antonic’s wife—for forging law enforcement credentials intended for him…