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Federal official charged with assault with a dead weapon
The Orlando Sentinel reports that the Tampa head of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has been arrested. "Long regarded as a rising star and a by-the-book administrator, Figueroa took command of ICE operations in Central Florida six weeks ago after serving in top posts in Washington, Miami and San Juan."
He apparently rose to the wrong occasion, and was busted for masturbating before a teenager. The teen aptly described it as disgusting, although one might wonder why she took ten minutes to report it. The official does sound like a strange duck ... "Assigned to Miami in the early 1980s, the former New Yorker from the South Bronx arrived in South Florida dressed like an extra for Miami Vice, a popular police show. "We had to convince him that it was only a TV show," a retired Customs agent told the newspaper. "He didn't have to look like Crockett and Tubbs all the time.""
Here's another link, mentioning the girl was 16 years old.
"The official does sound like a strange duck ..." Isn't the usual street vernacular for a law enforcement official "dick"? "Duck" just doesn't resonate somehow.