FBI agents arrest officer at Margate police station

Andrew Hammock Officer Andrew Hammock, who has been with the department since 2002, is facing a charge of soliciting visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. (Margate Police Department)

MARGATE, Fla. — FBI agents arrested a police officer on Tuesday at a Margate Police Department station.

Broward County
Margate
Crime
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child porn
sexual abuse
sexual exploitation

Officer Andrew Hammock, who has been with the department since 2002, is facing a charge of soliciting visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

The department placed Hammock on administrative leave without pay. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida is handling the case.

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