Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 20, 2007 13:39:19 GMT -5
COLLIER COUNTY: A deputy with the Collier County Sheriff's Office has admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old girl and supplying alcohol to teenagers. He has since been kicked off of the force.
In the internal investigation report, Kevin Gunst admitted to having sex with the teen in his Naples home last year and then states he wasn't sure what he did after that.
It all surfaced while Gunst was taking a polygraph test because he wanted to be transferred from working as a corrections officer inside the Naples Jail to working as an officer on road patrol.
During that polygraph test, Gunst also admitted he supplied alcohol to people younger than 21-years-old at several parties in his home and at least one person who was as young as 14-years-old.
The investigation report shows it took a while to find out all the details. At first, Gunst said he had sex with the girl. Then he later said, "I never had sex with her."
He also said he wanted to keep the whole thing private because a friend of his from the academy had been fired for having sex with a minor.
The girl told investigators she never had sex with Gunst. But Gunst told officials he thought the girl said that because she didn't want to get him in trouble.
Gunst was arrested for having an open-house party but he was not charged with having sex with a minor because the girl says the two never had sex.
Either way, Gunst won't be returning to the sheriff's office because of immoral, unlawful, or improper conduct.
Gunst does not plan to seek another job in law enforcement - at least not in Florida and he lost his job exactly three years after he got it.
Gunst wasn't home on Monday evening and his roommate didn't want to speak on camera.
www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=11208&z=3&p=
In the internal investigation report, Kevin Gunst admitted to having sex with the teen in his Naples home last year and then states he wasn't sure what he did after that.
It all surfaced while Gunst was taking a polygraph test because he wanted to be transferred from working as a corrections officer inside the Naples Jail to working as an officer on road patrol.
During that polygraph test, Gunst also admitted he supplied alcohol to people younger than 21-years-old at several parties in his home and at least one person who was as young as 14-years-old.
The investigation report shows it took a while to find out all the details. At first, Gunst said he had sex with the girl. Then he later said, "I never had sex with her."
He also said he wanted to keep the whole thing private because a friend of his from the academy had been fired for having sex with a minor.
The girl told investigators she never had sex with Gunst. But Gunst told officials he thought the girl said that because she didn't want to get him in trouble.
Gunst was arrested for having an open-house party but he was not charged with having sex with a minor because the girl says the two never had sex.
Either way, Gunst won't be returning to the sheriff's office because of immoral, unlawful, or improper conduct.
Gunst does not plan to seek another job in law enforcement - at least not in Florida and he lost his job exactly three years after he got it.
Gunst wasn't home on Monday evening and his roommate didn't want to speak on camera.
www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=11208&z=3&p=