Florida cop charged with soliciting a minor

On March 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced the arrest of 46-year-old Andrew Christian Hammock of Boca Raton, Florida.  Hammock has been charged with soliciting visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

If convicted, Hammock faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release.

Following his arrest, Hammock, an 18-year veteran of Florida’s Margate Police Department, was placed on administrative leave without pay until the criminal case against him has been settled, according to WPLG.

According to the complaint, Hammock was employed by the Margate Police Department in Florida as a police officer. From February 14 through March 17, 2020, Hammock engaged in chats using a social media application with whom he believed to be a 14-year-old female child. Hammock solicited the child to produce and send him child pornography on multiple occasions and indicated his desire to engage in sexual conduct with the “child,” who was actually an undercover FBI agent. Hammock was arrested at the City of Margate Police Department on March 17, 2020.

(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida)

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