Post by WaTcHeR on Apr 8, 2006 12:02:09 GMT -5
04/08/2006 - DAYTONA BEACH -- A 15-year veteran Daytona Beach police officer was arrested Thursday on charges of having unlawful sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl.
Officers with the State Attorney's Office arrested officer Paul Passamonte, 37, of Port Orange, while he was on duty. He was charged with a second-degree felony and was released from jail Thursday after posting $10,000 bond.
According to arrest documents, officer Passamonte had sex with a 17-year-old female and got her pregnant. During taped phone conversations with the girl, Passamonte acknowledged that he was the father of the unborn child and that the girl was 17 when she became pregnant, according to documents. Passamonte also took the girl to Orlando and paid for her to have an abortion, according to the records.
Passamonte has been relieved of duty and placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
Officers with the State Attorney's Office arrested officer Paul Passamonte, 37, of Port Orange, while he was on duty. He was charged with a second-degree felony and was released from jail Thursday after posting $10,000 bond.
According to arrest documents, officer Passamonte had sex with a 17-year-old female and got her pregnant. During taped phone conversations with the girl, Passamonte acknowledged that he was the father of the unborn child and that the girl was 17 when she became pregnant, according to documents. Passamonte also took the girl to Orlando and paid for her to have an abortion, according to the records.
Passamonte has been relieved of duty and placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.