Post by WaTcHeR on Aug 28, 2006 11:45:41 GMT -5
Officer Eric M. Ferber
08.28.2006 - MARGATE - A Margate Police officer in charge of protecting children and families is accused of sexually battering one of the very people he is assigned to protect.
A victim came forward to the police department after she says that on or about June 1, 2006 through July 31, 2006, she had been coerced into performing a sexual act on Officer Eric M. Ferber, a Child Protective Investigator with the Broward Sheriff's Office. The victim, whose name is not being released, says that she met Ferber during one of his official visits to check on her children.
During that time she stated that Ferber used his position of authority to threaten her with removing her children from her custody to coerce her to perform the sexual act on him.
The Margate Police Department set up an investigation with the cooperating of BSO, where the suspect allegedly returned to the 30-year-old victim’s home with the expectation of the sexual act again. He was arrested that very day, on August 24th.
Ferber was charged with one count of Sexual Battery.
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