A now-ousted Florida deputy accused of sexually abusing a baby was publicly admonished by his disgusted sheriff, who branded his subordinate a “monster” together with a number of expletives and stated he now not acknowledged him.
Corporal Donald Valverde, 37, was arrested and subsequently fired Friday afternoon after a younger sufferer got here ahead earlier within the week with “completely horrendous” particulars that “churned our stomachs,” Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco stated at a press convention.
The sick allegations towards Valverde occurred inside Pasco County “over a time frame, not simply speedy, a prolonged time frame,” the sheriff stated.
“As a mum or dad, you hear what this c–t did, and also you simply wish to beat the crap out of him,” Nocco stated.
“Let me inform you one factor, Valverde is a POS. There is no such thing as a different approach round to say it,” the sheriff fumed.
The corporal, who had been with the sheriff’s workplace since 2015, “embarrass[ed] the career,” Nocco stated concerning the heinous accusations.
“We don’t even acknowledge him anymore,” the sheriff stated.
Valverde was slapped with two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation — one in all which is a life felony, whereas the opposite is a second-degree cost.
He was additionally charged with one depend of illegal sexual exercise involving a minor, which is punishable by life in jail.
Nocco stated he “can’t present too many particulars in regards to the sufferer,” whom he known as “extraordinarily courageous,” however the allegations occurred whereas Valverde was off-duty and the kid was recognized to him by way of a “custodial relationship.”
“The bravery at that age to have the ability to get up towards a monster is unimaginable,” the sheriff praised. “This monster is arrested. He’s in jail proper now. He can’t hurt you anymore.”
“The harm he did is already devastating. Life in jail is nothing for the punishment he completely deserves,” Nocco slammed.
Nocco thanked the younger sufferer for “her bravery” and pleaded for anybody else who could have been victimized by Valverde to return ahead.
Valverde, who solely just lately grew to become a corporal after working within the patrol division for a number of years, was beforehand investigated for doable home conditions, Nocco defined.
Nocco argued Valverde “was not the stellar deputy you’ll need,” however stated his conduct by no means substantiated to being fired or arrested.
“That’s what makes it exhausting as a sheriff or an administrator in a regulation enforcement group, is that there’s folks you realize are liabilities and he had that,” Nocco stated of Valverde.
“However the issue was the legal guidelines are in place, sadly, to guard him,” the sheriff stated, including that “we couldn’t punish him for that.”
The sheriff’s workplace additionally stated it was by no means made conscious of any earlier allegations towards Valverde involving kids earlier than this week.
In a press release to The Submit, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Workplace stated “the sufferer is protected and receiving the required assets” and that “there aren’t any stories of further victims presently.”
“The investigation stays ongoing, and no further data is obtainable presently,” the assertion stated.
