{"id":613,"date":"2017-12-29T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=613"},"modified":"2026-01-31T09:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:12:07","slug":"jailhouse-statements-police-informant-undercover-officer-get-boot-florida-sex-crime-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/jailhouse-statements-police-informant-undercover-officer-get-boot-florida-sex-crime-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailhouse Statements to Police Informant, Undercover Officer Get Boot in Florida Sex Crime Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida police officers and investigators go to great lengths to investigate sex crimes and other criminal offenses. A <a href=\"https:\/\/edca.4dca.org\/DCADocs\/2015\/1396\/151396_DC13_01112017_084144_i.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a> out of the Fourth District Court of Appeals shows some of the limits on the things that they can do to help secure a conviction.The defendant was arrested and charged with three counts of sexual battery on a person less than 12 years old and one count of lewd and lascivious conduct. The charges came after a member of his family accused him of sexual abuse, according to the court. He declined to speak with police and requested a lawyer after being informed of his rights. He was placed in a jail cell while waiting for a bond hearing. A police informant who worked with cops in setting up and reporting prison drug transactions was also in the cell.<\/p>\n<p>The informant told his handler shortly after the defendant was placed in the cell that he said he was facing sex crime charges and wanted to hire a hitman to kill the family member who accused him of abuse and the primary witness against him. The handler, who was not aware of the charges against the defendant, asked the informant to get more information on his intended targets. Following conversations with the informant and the handler, the police officer investigating the sex crime charges asked the informant not to seek additional information related to the charges. The cops did, however, ask the informant to present himself as \u201csomewhat of a pedophile\u201d to gain the defendant\u2019s trust. They devised a scheme for the informant to offer to get the defendant in touch with a hitman.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/jailhouse-statements-police-informant-undercover-officer-get-boot-florida-sex-crime-case\/#more-613\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida police officers and investigators go to great lengths to investigate sex crimes and other criminal offenses. A recent case out of the Fourth District Court of Appeals shows some of the limits on the things that they can do to help secure a conviction.The defendant was arrested and charged with three counts of sexual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sex-crimes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sex Charge: Jailhouse Statements Police Informant<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When officers stop you, a sex crime charge case can hinge on jailhouse statements police informant. See how this ruling defense. 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