Details Released In Agent's Sex Case
Published: Feb 14, 2006
TAMPA - When an Orlando mall security officer responded to a complaint about a man exposing himself to a girl in the food court, the suspect hurried out of the mall and ran through the parking lot.
The suspect was Frank Figueroa, then one of Florida's highest-ranking federal law enforcement officers and the former head of a national program formed to target child sex predators. Since his Oct. 25 arrest at The Mall at Millenia, Figueroa has been suspended from his post as the special agent in charge of the Tampa office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the law enforcement arm of the Department of Homeland Security.
Figueroa is charged with exposure of sexual organs and disorderly conduct, which carry a potential punishment of more than a year in prison. He has pleaded not guilty
Details of Figueroa's arrest and the incident that led to it were made public Monday with the release of documents in Figueroa's prosecution. Mall security reports portray Figueroa trying to get away and even pulling out his badge when first approached. He didn't resist officers and drove himself in his government car to waiting Orlando police.
According to mall security reports, after Figueroa fled the scene, two more security officers approached him in the parking lot and asked why he was running. He said he was trying to find his car. Officer Kevin Williams offered to help him find the car, but he said Figueroa first needed to talk to security about an incident in the food court.
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