The New Port Richey Police Department (NPRPD) has fired an officer named Bobby Lubrido following an internal investigation into a sexual misconduct allegation brought on by a minor.

Lubrido, 43, is accused of groping a handcuffed 17-year-old runaway while he was transporting her to a juvenile detention facility back in July.

The situation began unfolding after the officer allegedly went through the teen‘s phone and fawned over videos of her twerking.

Additionally, he allegedly told the minor that he was “trying to see what [her] titties look like” and eventually came across a topless photo that she had previously sent to her boyfriend, which Lubrido supposedly viewed “like 30 times,” according to NPRPD investigative documents that are available on Scribd.

“Lubrido grabbed her buttocks while he was placing the cuffs on her. After handcuffing her, he told her she owed him for the sandwich [he had given her earlier] and driving her around. He then lifted her shirt up and grabbed her breast,” the teen said as the alleged misconduct continued to escalate.

Further notes from the 17-year-old’s interviews include allegations that Lubrido expressed his desire to have sex with her on multiple occasions. She also alleges that, upon coming across a photo of her mom, Lubrido asked if the teen and her mother would be interested in a threesome.

“It was unfathomable that what she had alleged had occurred with someone that had 15 years of experience as an officer with an unblemished career,” Kim Bogart, a chief with the NPRPD, said, according to WTSP.

“I had enough to know inappropriate behavior occurred. She said, he said, but enough to make me believe her,” Bogart added, noting that the officer violated numerous departmental procedures during the interaction. “It was important that she reported it, and I’m glad she did.”

Following the department’s investigation, Lubrido was fired on Aug. 12 after authorities determined that his “overall misconduct in this matter was improper and unbecoming [of] a public employee,” according to the documents on Scribd.

However, despite the department finding probable cause to terminate Lubrido, authorities didn’t believe they had enough to charge him.

“I had a preponderance of evidence, but I didn’t have probable cause,” Bogart noted, WTSP reports.

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