An acting Florida mayor has been arrested for allegedly conspiring to intimidate a police officer who was involved in arresting the city’s former mayor on attempted murder charges.

Terrance Rowe, the acting mayor of Port Richey, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of obstruction of justice after authorities listened to a recorded jail phone call with former mayor Dale Massad.

Massad is currently in prison after being charged in February with practicing medicine without a license and shooting at deputies trying to arrest him.

Terrance Rowe, the acting mayor of Port Richey, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of obstruction of justice after authorities listened to a recorded jail phone call with former mayor Dale Massad

During the prison phone call on March 3, Massad was recorded discussing the police officer with Rowe, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

‘I don’t know why, but he is in on everything,’ Massad said of the officer, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Rowe responded: ‘I’m on it.’

Massad then told Rowe that anything the acting mayor could do would be ‘good’.

Massad (far left) called Rowe (second from right) from prison on March 3 and discussed the police officer who arrested him for attempted murder

Rowe replied: ‘This doesn’t go down without somebody answering for it.’

As a result of the phone call, authorities have now charged Massad with one count of criminal attempt, solicitation or conspiracy and one count of using a two-way communication device as part of a crime.

In addition to his conspiracy charges, Rowe has also been charged with using a two-way communication device as part of a crime.

The city council is consulting with lawyers about what to do next.

They said if Rowe does not resign he is still considered the acting mayor.