Left: Francisco Melo (Miami-Dade Sheriff). Right: Port of Miami where Mello allegedly tried to smuggle 50 MDMA pills onto cruise ship (PortMiami). A Florida police officer landed himself behind ...

Deputy Francisco Melo with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office was arrested last week on the charges. Authorities said Melo had been dealing MDMA - commonly known as ecstasy or “molly ...

Francisco Melo, 36, a six-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, formerly Miami-Dade police, was charged with possession, sale and trafficking of a controlled substance. He has since been fired.

Francisco Melo, 36, had been a Miami-Dade deputy for the past six years, according to reports by NBC 6 South Florida. However, he found himself behind bars Friday morning. The sheriff’s office ...

For the past six years, Francisco Melo, 36, has been a Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office deputy. However, he is now suspected of being a narcotics dealer. According to NBC 6, the incident began when law ...

36-year-old Deputy Francisco Javier Melo first appeared on investigators' radar after they received a tip that the deputy was selling drugs, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime.