Oldy Ochoa Jr., 48, a homicide detective with the
Miami Beach Police Department for 20 years, was charged with two counts of
sexual battery Saturday for allegedly having sex with the victim twice in an
unmarked police car. Authorities said he first met the girl when she was 11 and
he worked on her missing persons case.
BY JOEL LANDAU
A Florida police officer is accused of having sex with
an underage girl he first met when she was 11 and he was assigned to her
missing persons case.
Oldy Ochoa Jr., 48, a homicide detective who has been
with the Miami Beach Police Department for 20 years, was charged with two
counts of sexual battery Saturday for allegedly having sex with the girl in an
unmarked police vehicle as he was taking her to her GED class, reports the
Orlando Sentinel.
Ochoa first met the girl when he helped locate her six
years ago when she had a missing persons case. While living with another family
he petitioned the court to allow her to live with his family in December.
She stayed there for two months before running away,
the newspaper reports.
The Pembroke Pines Police Department, which is
investigating the case, could not make a copy of the arrest report available to
the Daily News Sunday.
The victim told police Ochoa allegedly would hold her
hand and kiss her while the two were sitting on a couch, the Sentinel reported.
The sexual assault occurred in an unmarked police car
in February in an alley near the school where the girl was taking her GED
classes, the newspaper reported. The pair also had sex in the car in a wooded
area.
Ochoa is now at Broward County jail and his attorney
told the newspaper he would not discuss the allegations.
The investigation was launched in March and Ochoa was
relieved of his duties as an officer, the newspaper reported.
Miami Beach Police Chief Dan Oates issued a statement
describing the situation as "a very sad day for our department" and
they would take appropriate action regarding his employment when the criminal
case concluded.
