A controversial Miami-Dade prosecutor is under scrutiny again after he was charged with punching a tardy pizza delivery woman. For Miami-Dade County prosecutor David Ranck, a Domino's pizza accomplished what courtroom outbursts and a whistle-blower lawsuit against his own boss could not: It got him temporarily thrown off the job. Ranck, 54, was suspended without pay Monday after he was accused of punching a tardy pizza delivery woman trying to deliver a pie to his Miami Beach condo.
According to Miami Beach police, officers on Saturday found Ranck standing next to the car of pizza woman Yudisceus Rodriguez de Armas, who was locked inside ``shaking and in tears.''
He was charged with misdemeanor battery and signed papers promising to appear in court.
ANOTHER COUNTY
To avoid a conflict, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office has asked the governor to appoint a prosecutor from another county to handle his prosecution.
Ranck was in the news after he filed a federal lawsuit last fall against his bosses, claiming he was unfairly suspended for posting on the Internet an internal memo detailing his misgivings about a fatal police shooting.
Reached by e-mail Monday, Ranck said: ``I am sorry, but I cannot comment under these circumstances.''
His lawyer, Allan Kaiser, declined to comment on the case. But he did say: ``At this point, I'm wondering where his pizza is. He never got his pizza.''
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