TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa's code enforcement director, who is also the husband of former Tampa Police Chief Mary O'Connor, is under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Keith O'Connor has been suspended with pay as FDLE looks into whether he improperly arranged for a lottery winner to collect their proceeds.

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During that investigation, agents discovered unrelated messages on a code enforcement employee's, named Aubrey Pierce, phone that showed him trying to arrange for the collection of lotto winnings that he was not entitled to, because he owed child support.

The person he was messaging was his boss, Keith O'Connor. Pierce is facing four charges, including taking bribes as a public servant and grand theft.

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