Officer sent teens nude photos on Snapchat after meeting them at Florida gym, US feds say


The man, who worked at the sheriff’s office for 17 years before his arrest in June 2022, sent nudes to boys ages 16 to 18 years of age who he met at a gym, according to a sentencing memorandum. — Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash

A law enforcement officer sent and requested nude photos over Snapchat during conversations with teens he met at a gym in Florida, federal officials say.

The 49-year-old, a former officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity in December and has now been sentenced to nearly 12 years in federal prison, the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida said in a Sept 27 release.

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