Florida prosecutor expected to drop sex with minor charges against Brett Parson
A spokesperson for the lead prosecutor in Broward County, Fla., has confirmed a notice filed in court indicating plans for dropping two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor filed against former D.C.
police lieutenant Brett Parson by Boca Raton, Fla., police in February 2022. An arrest affidavit filed by Coconut Creek police at the time of Parson’s arrest on Feb.
18, 2022, says Parson allegedly had a consenting sexual encounter with a 16-year-old boy who told police he met Parson on the gay online dating app Growlr and agreed to meet for a sexual encounter after the two exchanged “explicit” photos of each other.
Police and prosecutors at the time charged Parson, 54, with violating Florida’s age of consent law, which is 18, even though authorities acknowledged that the Growlr app requires users to be at least 18 years old. “There is a court hearing scheduled for 8:30 a.m.
