TAMPA, Fla. - Keith O'Connor, Tampa's code enforcement director and the husband of former Tampa Police Chief Mary O'Connor, has a long history with the employee whose criminal charges sparked an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

What we know:

O'Connor was suspended with pay after FDLE began an investigation into whether he improperly collected lottery winnings for employee Aubrey Pierce.

Pierce has a checkered past, that includes numerous charges like grand theft, battery on a pregnant woman and fleeing from law enforcement. In 2013, grand theft charges landed him a decade-long sentence.

But in February 2014, documents show the court set aside the sentence, because the original sentencing guidelines weren't followed by the court.

Ten months later, Pierce co

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