{"id":27863,"date":"2022-12-13T21:22:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T02:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=27863"},"modified":"2022-12-13T21:22:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T02:22:22","slug":"polk-county-fire-captain-arrested-for-allegedly-having-sex-with-minor-fire-rescue-cadet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/12\/13\/polk-county-fire-captain-arrested-for-allegedly-having-sex-with-minor-fire-rescue-cadet\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Fire Captain arrested for allegedly having sex with minor Fire Rescue cadet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Polk County Fire Captain was arrested last month after allegedly having sex with a minor earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"221\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27864\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fire Captain Aaron Fire Captain Aaron D\u2019Altophoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Winter Haven Police Department, the incident occurred at the Lake Maude Nature Park in Winter Haven around April 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Nov. 8, police responded to a sexual battery report on a juvenile. According to police, the victim was a cadet in the Polk Fire Rescue Cadet Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" 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The cadet had chosen to volunteer at Station 37, where she worked alongside Fire Captain Aaron D\u2019Alto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victim stated that during her time as a cadet, she and D\u2019Alto would message through TikTok and talk about video games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police stated that the captain asked for the girl\u2019s number after he was unable to send GIFs through TikTok messages. The girl provided her number to D\u2019Alto and they began texting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initially, the two texted about video games until around mid-May when D\u2019Alto made arrangements to meet at the Lakeland Square Mall to watch the \u201cDoctor Strange\u201d movie together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 26, the two drove separately to the mall, watched the movie together, ate at Chipotle, and then went to the iPanic Escape Room, where a picture of the two was posted on the iPanic Escape Room Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials stated that during their time together at the mall, there was no sexual conduct between them. However, after their time at the mall, the text messages between the two became \u201cmore sexual in nature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two days later, on May 28, D\u2019Alto planned to meet the girl at an Applebee\u2019s during the late evening hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said that the girl drove her car, and parked it in the restaurant parking lot where D\u2019Alto picked her up. From the restaurant, the two rode together to Lake Maude Nature Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After D\u2019Alto parked his truck, the two engaged in sexual intercourse for an extended amount of time. The girl told police that two similar incidents occurred with him at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Nov. 8, the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office contacted D\u2019Alto at his residence where he denied ever hanging out with the minor outside of the station on their own time. However, he did state that the two did many ride-alongs together at the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once police showed him the photo of the two at the escape room, he told detectives that he recalled being with her that day and confirmed they did go to a movie at the mall and the escape room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before police arrived at D\u2019Alto\u2019s residence, the girl provided a total of 166 screenshots of text messages between the two. The provided screenshots revealed plans between the girl and D\u2019Alto to meet up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the investigation, police charged D\u2019Alto with one count of Unlawful Sex with Certain Minors and one county of traveling to meet a minor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Polk County Fire Captain was arrested last month after allegedly having sex with a minor earlier this year. 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