The deputy preyed on a young woman who was already a victim of sexual cyber harassment.
The deputy, Charles Cruz, 35, was working as a patrol deputy on Feb. 19 when he responded to a call at the home where the victim lived, according to a news release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
The contact “became more inappropriate,” and he asked the girl if she would meet him in person, according to the sheriff’s office. “Cruz made sexually explicit comments to the person he believed was the minor,” the sheriff’s office said. Authorities arrested Cruz on Feb. 24, and he was charged with “soliciting a minor via computer,” the sheriff’s office said.“These are very serious criminal allegations, and there is no place in the Orange County Sheriff’s Office for anyone that would abuse their power to victimise a minor,” Orange County Sheriff John Mina said in a statement.
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