A suspicious mother and father finally alerted authorities to a cop's alleged rampant misconduct.
Bradenton Police Chief Melanie Bevan briefs reporters on misconduct allegations against former policeman Leonel Marines . /) By Kyle Swenson Kyle Swenson Reporter for Morning Mix Email Bio Follow March 11 at 5:06 AM There was a policeman at the door. It was June 2018, in Bradenton, Fla., a Gulf Coast community south of Tampa. The couple who answered the officer’s knock quickly realized something was off.
The parents knew their daughter was not involved with any type of situation that required her to speak with police. They refused Marines’s request, then asked for his name and supervisor’s information. When Marines refused to answer and left, the parents immediately called the station to report the incident.
Marines, a 12-year veteran of the Bradenton police department and a supervisor, was taken off patrol once the initial complaint was made last summer. In October, he resigned. The investigation continued, however, with five detectives eventually contacting 150 women Marines allegedly inappropriately contacted.Bevan said the FBI is currently reviewing the case for possible criminal charges against Marines.
Investigators determined Marines had accessed the woman’s personal information twice using the Driver and Vehicle Information Database , a storehouse of driver and vehicle information that police can only access for official purposes. The officer told investigators “that there was no particular reason, that they had mutual friends and it was out curiosity,” according to the report.
Last June, after Marines’s unsuccessful attempt to talk to the couple’s adult daughter, the family contacted his watch commander about Marines’s concerns about a “domestic” incident.
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