A POLICE officer has been arrested for allegedly recruited teenage girls to appear in porn videos after meeting them while on duty. Jose Rodriguez, 37, was taken into custody Tuesday at his home suspected of soliciting teens for porn and using them to make undercover purchases of tobacco products at businesses in Central Florida. The […]
A POLICE officer has been arrested for allegedly recruited teenage girls to appear in porn videos after meeting them while on duty.
Jose Rodriguez, 37, was taken into custody Tuesday at his home suspected of soliciting teens for porn and using them to make undercover purchases of tobacco products at businesses in Central Florida.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was accused of having inappropriate conduct with underage girls after one of his alleged victims came forward.
In early March, the victim filed a report with the Clermont Police Department, prompting the Lake County Sheriff’s Office to investigate.
According to detectives, the teen girls met with Rodriguez during his shifts as a patrol deputy between 2016 and 2019.
“The teenagers were used to attempt to make undercover purchases of tobacco products at businesses in the Central Florida area,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a Wednesday media release.
“Three females who met Rodriguez while on duty reported to detectives that he offered them an opportunity to make pornographic videos for money.”
The teens’ ages ranged between 16 and 17-years-old.
When detectives interviewed Rodriguez, he admitted to recruiting teens for his side job as a compliance inspector for ISN Corporation.
The company “contracts with the US Food and Drug Administration to verify various businesses’ compliance with state tobacco laws,” the Sheriff’s Office explained.
Rodriguez – a four-year patrol deputy – refused to answer further interview questions.
He was suspended from his position during the investigation.
On Tuesday evening, Rodriguez was arrested at his home on three counts of Solicitation to Commit Sexual Performance by a Child.
He was transported to the Lake County Detention center and jailed under a $60,000 bond.
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