Posted on 07/12/2007 6:46:58 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- Florida state Rep. Robert "Bob" Allen, R-Merritt Island, was arrested Wednesday and charged with soliciting an undercover male officer for sex at a park in Central Florida, according to police.
Investigators said Allen was acting suspicious and went in and out of the men's restroom at Veteran's Memorial Park, located on East Broad Street.
Minutes later, authorities said, Allen solicited the male officer inside the restroom, offering to perform oral sex for $20.
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Allen was then arrested.
Wednesday night, an attorney for Allen urged the public to remember the lawmaker's years of public service.
"The only comment we have to make is everyone is innocent until proven guilty," the attorney, who did not identify himself, said as he and Allen exited the Brevard County jail in Sharpes just before 10 p.m. Wednesday. "We would hope that everyone takes into consideration Mr. Allen's history of public service (and) that everyone is innocent until proven guilty."
Officers realized he was a public figure after the arrest, a news release said.
Allen, who is from Merritt Island, was booked into the Brevard County Jail Wednesday night.
He later posted $500 bond and was released from the jail.
Allen declined to make a comment in Sharpes but nodded slightly when asked by the assembled media if the incident was a mistake.
Allen, is a former Little League volunteer who also donated time to the Boys and Girls Club, serving on its board of directors.
The Merritt Island resident was born in 1958 and moved to Brevard County in 1964. He attended the University of Central Florida and Florida State University.
He has a wife and a child, according the official Web site of the Florida House of Representatives.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
This is what we get for letting in the log cabin republicans. Scum
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Just...yuck.
If he was a Democrat the response from his party and the media would be, “nothing to see here, folks, move on...” Barney Frank would be jealous and nothing more would be heard about it.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I believed McGreevey resigned after he was outed. However, Allen is unlikely to score a book deal.
Exactly. Maybe this guy took one of the "Queer Studies" classes run by DemocRAT voters (who else?) at the university - who knows.
"...poking fun at the left's aways troubled relationship to language -- and with it, reality [excerpt]:
"Homosexuality is a genetically caused condition that renders one incapable of engaging in sexual relations with the opposite sex. Its opposite, heterosexuality, is an arbitrary gender identification caused by cultural conditioning. Similarly, there is no such thing as the homosexual lifestyle, while queer studies departments engage in the study of the homosexual lifestyle." ~ Gagdad
More: Thursday, July 05, 2007 - Through the Liberal Looking Gloss
Robert W.Godwin [Gagdad Bob], Ph.D is a clinical psychologist whose interdisciplinary work has focused on the relationship between contemporary psychoanalysis, chaos theory, and quantum physics.
If he was a liberal he could get a job as editor with a large Newspaper and preach to all of us about how stupid our president is and how brilliant Al Gore is. He could become a bigtime columnist. He could write extensively about sex scandals of Republicans.
Search Google for Eugene Robinson solicits cop for sex
There are two Eugene Robinsons: one a columnist/reporter for the WashPost and the other a professional football player who was arrested for soliciting a cop for sex.
“Bob” seems to be going down on the sinking ship!
One RINO down. Thousands to go.
These idiotic scandals are killing us
The boy scouts are right to keep “homosexuals” out and we should do the same. Anyone running for office as a Republican needs to be given a VERY through background investigation before a dime of cash or support is provided.
Depends, what does she looks like???
Wow! You are right. I have thought they were the same guy for a long time. I just went to Wikipedia where they go to great lengths to separate the two.
My apologies.
This story is SICK! How could someone become so degenerate and his wife not suspect? This stuff is beyond belief (a toilet?), but seems par for the course for the homosexual lifestyle.
Ewwww...
“Investigators said Allen was acting suspicious and went in and out of the men’s restroom”
Well he shouldn’t have had the chilli!
Actually before everyone freaks out, remember the Duke case. It is possible he is innocence/was a mistake/setup/etc.
He offered an on-duty police officer $20 to let Allen perform oral sex on him. Are you suggesting he really was just intending to offer a blow dry and the cop misunderstoo?
The way I read it, he was asking for the $20 to blow the guy.
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