Michael Franklin, 27, of Lake Wales, Florida and a trainee with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office is learning the ins-and-outs of law enforcement. He has been busted on two counts of sexual battery and one count of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. And he was busted by his own department. Polk County investigators interviewed [...]
Jacksonville, Florida police set up a phony escort service, advertised it both in newspapers and on the internet and managed to sting a total of 33 ‘johns’ charged with soliciting a prostitute. Among the more notable ‘stung’ during the three-day operation are allegedly Frank Morandi, 43, who until Thursday was a teacher and head basketball [...]
State Representative Bob Allen, 48, R-Merrit Island, Florida was arrested in Titusville and charged last month with second-degree misdemeanor solicitation for prostitution after an encounter with a Titusville detective in a public restroom at Veterans Memorial Park. Allen allegedly offered to give the undercover police officer $20 and oral sex. Allegedly Allen told the undercover [...]
Jermey Patrick Gable, 31, a former youth minister at the First Baptist Church of Port St. Lucie, Florida charged with sexual battery for improperly touching a 15-year-old girl was sentenced to five years of probation Tuesday as part of a plea deal with prosecutors for reduced charges. In exchange for a guilty plea to a [...]
Charles Edward Floyd, 37, a Broward County, Florida deputy sheriff is being investigated on allegations he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman he was supposed to transport to jail. Allegedly Floyd picked up three inmates June 13 from a satellite jail in Pompano Beach for transport to the north Broward jail but when he arrived [...]