DeSantis suspends Palm Beach clerk after his arrest on child sex-abuse charges

Michael Caruso, a former state legislator whom Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed as Palm Beach County’s clerk of courts, was arrested early Tuesday morning on allegations of kidnapping and molesting a child. The 67-year-old Republican is running to retain the top county post that DeSantis appointed him to last August. Officers from the Department of Law Enforcement arrested and booked Caruso, a former House member, into the Palm Beach County jail early Tuesday morning on suspicion of molestation, kidnapping, luring and enticing a child, lewd and lascivious exhibition and child abuse. Several sources with knowledge of the allegations spoke to the...