Former officer accused of impersonation weeks after TPD-employed wife was charged with official misconduct

TAMPA, Fla. - A former officer with the Tampa Police Department has been arrested weeks after his wife, a TPD employee, landed behind bars.

The backstory:

Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents began investigating Deni Antonic, 40, of New Port Richey, when TPD informed them about a recent arrest of an employee, Angela Antonic, 42, for forging law enforcement credentials for a family member.

According to the Tampa Police Department, Angela Antonic, was employed by the TPD as a latent print assistant when she used her role within the department to create two TPD law enforcement credentials for a family member who had turned in his official credentials at the time of his recent resignation.

Angela Antonic told authorities she created the credentials to help the family member o