 Stephen Johnson arrived in Miami Gardens almost a year ago with a mission: to repair a frayed relationship between the police department and the community. After making a phone call to negotiate a price of $100 for a threesome Friday, Johnson knocked on the door of Room 423 at 6:20 p.m., a sheriff's report said. Mayor Oliver Gilbert confirmed the arrest and said Johnson was fired immediately. After posting a bond of $300, Edwards walked out of Broward's Main Jail in downtown Fort Lauderdale at 12:45 a.m. Saturday. According to a Broward Sheriff's Office arrest report, deputies were conducting an undercover operation targeting solicitation of prostitution at a Dania Beach hotel when Johnson was arrested. (Published Friday, Feb. 27, 2015) 
 
 Miami Gardens Police Chief Stephen Johnson was arrested for soliciting a prostitute in Dania Beach Friday, officials said. "I want to apologize to the community, and I want to apologize to my elected officials," said Edwards, who lives in a Hollywood condo. “The stress overwhelmed me, and I made a very bad decision to deal with that moment I’ve never experienced before.” 
 
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 The Broward Sheriff’s Office gave this account of Johnson’s arrest: 
 
 On Friday, Johnson used his cellphone to call a number he’d found on the escort section of backpage.com and spoke to a woman he believed to be a prostitute. Authorities had placed an escort ad on backpage.com and two detectives were posing as prostitutes at the hotel, the affidavit said. When Johnson arrived at the hotel room, he was let in and handed over the $100, the report said. At about 6:20 p.m. Friday, Johnson arrived at an unidentified hotel in Dania Beach with two condoms in his back pocket. Detectives captured the encounter with Johnson on video and audio. Johnson, hired in April to help mend the battered reputation of the Miami Gardens Police Department, was well-liked and even respected by the rank and file, said a Miami Gardens officer who was not authorized to comment and requested anonymity. He did make some strides in gaining favor with the community. Rising from a rookie cop to police chief in North Miami during the first 27 years, he then transitioned to the city’s administration when he was appointed interim city manager in August 2011. Within an hour of the arrest, City Manager Cameron Benson fired Johnson and named Assistant Police Chief Antonio Brooklen interim chief. Johnson, however, did not elaborate further about how the incident and his arrest were connected, but he said it was a stressful situation.
– A Florida police chief got arrested Friday for allegedly soliciting a prostitute and was promptly fired just 10 months into his tenure, NBC Miami reports. According to an arrest report, Miami Gardens Police Chief Stephen Johnson called a number in a "two-girl special" prostitution ad and negotiated a $100 deal for two women for 30 minutes. Only problem: The woman he allegedly paid at a motel was really a sheriff's detective. "The stress overwhelmed me, and I made a very bad decision," Johnson tells the Miami Herald in his apology. He was hired last May to repair community relations after former top cop Matthew Boyd resigned amid allegations of harassment and illegal tactics. "It was one of the most painful things I've ever heard as a manager," says the city manager who fired Stephens, the Sun-Sentinel reports. "It's like a punch in the stomach."