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FLORIDA MAN ACCUSED OF SUGGESTING HE WAS POLICE OFFICER DURING SEXUAL BATTERY, ROBBERY ATTACK: COPS. ‘The suspect told the victim that he was with the narcotics unit and he had others officers outside the room,’ police said
January 1, 2021
Stephanie Pagones
Fox News
A Florida man is accused of sexually violating and robbing someone he apparently met online after implying he was a police officer who “had other officers outside,” the local sheriff’s office said.
Thomas Lee Simmons, 37, was arrested Tuesday and charged with armed sexual battery, armed robbery, grand theft and dealing with stolen property, all felonies, and providing false information to a law enforcement officer, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) said in a Wednesday press release.
Police received a call from a man saying he was attacked