Former Broward corrections sergeant held without bond after fourth arrest

Scott Nida was being held without bond Tuesday afternoon at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale after his fourth arrest in seven months. The former Broward Sheriff’s Office sergeant was back behind bars over the weekend, a rapid series of arrests that has pushed the case from a personnel matter into a public-trust issue for Broward County.

The latest booking involved an alleged violation of a court order. A booking post identified the 55-year-old as Scott Nelson Nida and said he was booked into the BSO Main Jail on Saturday, accused of violating a domestic violence injunction. That latest arrest came after earlier trips back into the jail system that were counted as part of the same seven-month stretch.

Coverage of the case placed the arrests in Broward County, with references to Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach. One account described Nida as a now-former Broward Sheriff’s Office sergeant who had been placed back behind bars after his fourth arrest this year, underscoring how quickly the matter escalated from one booking to a string of repeat arrests.

For Broward residents, the case lands at the intersection of corrections oversight and accountability. Nida was once trusted with jail security and inmate supervision inside the county system, and repeated arrests by a former insider inevitably raise questions about screening, supervision, discipline and whether any warning signs were missed before the next arrest.

The no-bond ruling added another layer to the case. Being held without bond at the Broward County Main Jail signaled that the court viewed the repeated arrests and the latest court-order allegation as serious enough to keep Nida in custody while the case moves forward. The timeline now stretches across seven months, with four arrests and a former corrections sergeant repeatedly cycling back through the same system he once helped enforce.