Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 28, 2007 11:13:57 GMT -5
OCALA - A Marion County deputy now faces charges himself following salacious accusations from a young girl.
According to the sheriff's office, Deputy Gabriel Pizzini was called to a home in Silver Spring Shores in reference to a missing girl. Pizzni found her a short time later and took her into custody.
But a subsequent investigation found it took Pizzini 28 minutes to travel the nine miles back to the Juvenile Assessment Center, and the girl said it was because he was taking advantage of her.
The girl told investigators that Pizzini put his hands in the back of her underwear when he performed the initial pat-down. Then, while en route to the assessment center, Deputy Pizzini parked his patrol car to allow the girl to smoke a cigarette, then asked her to expose her breast.
When she refused, she later said, he threatened to find a reason to keep her at the assessment center. She relented, and he took a Polaroid photo of her.
Pizzini denied the accusations, but investigators say they caught him trying to hid the Polaroid during a search of his patrol car. He was fired from the sheriff's office and charged with promoting sexual performance by a child, lewd and lascivious conduct, possession of child pornography, and attempted evidence tampering.
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According to the sheriff's office, Deputy Gabriel Pizzini was called to a home in Silver Spring Shores in reference to a missing girl. Pizzni found her a short time later and took her into custody.
But a subsequent investigation found it took Pizzini 28 minutes to travel the nine miles back to the Juvenile Assessment Center, and the girl said it was because he was taking advantage of her.
The girl told investigators that Pizzini put his hands in the back of her underwear when he performed the initial pat-down. Then, while en route to the assessment center, Deputy Pizzini parked his patrol car to allow the girl to smoke a cigarette, then asked her to expose her breast.
When she refused, she later said, he threatened to find a reason to keep her at the assessment center. She relented, and he took a Polaroid photo of her.
Pizzini denied the accusations, but investigators say they caught him trying to hid the Polaroid during a search of his patrol car. He was fired from the sheriff's office and charged with promoting sexual performance by a child, lewd and lascivious conduct, possession of child pornography, and attempted evidence tampering.
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