Path: local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 18:49:20 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Job interview spectacular failure References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Usenapp/0.92.2/l for MacOS Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 18:49:20 +0000 Lines: 43 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-25AqfP6VhZayAh1/rXsyp1aJXTt7hUV/5NcTkBa1MppYGi+5Jf67sy2H2TWOo5eBvDtv7OTfy2pw0EG!/Ek4lny2jPcgs0O9m0++WTMUIRygauA9NfmEGeoPPXjY5znRnui5opPFs0VXZ6iKeYLdoT0STV/Y X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3076 X-Original-Lines: 39 On May 15, 2024 at 11:41:14 AM PDT, ""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. > > 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. On LAW & ORDER, the motion to suppress would be granted without hesitation or explanation and Price would just shrug his shoulders and go back to his office to sulk.