Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 03:16:25 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Job interview spectacular failure Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 40 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 08:16:03 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2404 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17cfea1613a8c561$3$3113228$cad58068@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 2781 On 5/15/24 1:41 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: > Of course this is Florida. > > A man wanted to be a police officer in the worst way. On his job > application, he mentioned "playing sexual games". For some reason, this > raised a red flag during the hiring process. During the interview, he > was asked to expand on the answer he gave in the application. In Florida? That would be considered a plus not a minus. > I'm not sure how it came up in the first place. Is there a question > asking the applicant to flat-out confess to past crimes? > > He described having committed sexual abuse and admitted to it again when > asked to expand on his answer. > > The oblivious mother of the victim was tracked down by detectives, who > said he and her daughter had a close relationship. The victim was > eventually interviewed by child welfare, who said the abuse took place > over several years when he was between the ages of 14 and 19. In court > filings, the victim's age at the time the crimes began was redacted but > he was charged with sexual battery of a child under 12. > > He's now been convicted of a crime that carries a life sentence. > > https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/05/10/aspiring-apopka-cop-convicted-after-confessing-to-sex-abuse-on-job-application/ > > Note: It took me a number of tries to find the newspaper that actually > reported the story. I found the story on multiple news sites that simply > rewrote it without doing any original reporting, then finally found it > on the Web site for the Tampa Bay Times which credited a reporter for > the Orlando Sentinel. > > Note further that at trial, his lawyer asked that the confessions he > gave in job interviews be supressed but the judge denied the motion. It > was a job interview so I don't see how it could be considered a > confession made while in custody of the police.