Florida officer used police database as personal dating website to target at least 150 women
A Florida police sergeant has been accused of using law enforcement database as his personal dating service through which he targeted at least 150 women. The officer also allegedly engaged in sexual activity with some of them while on duty, according to reports.
Bradenton Police Chief Melanie Bevan on Thursday said that an internal probe was launched into Sgt. Leonel Marines, 36, in June last year after a citizen's complaint filed by an adult female and her parents.
According to Bevan, the complaint alleged that the officer followed her home after a "chance, brief encounter" in a parking lot earlier that day.
Marines, after reaching the woman's home, told her parents that he was there to speak with their daughter about a "domestic matter."
However, her parents refused his request after they realized that there was no need for the interaction with the sergeant.