LADY LAKE, Fla. — UPDATE: Lady Lake Police Chief Chris McKinstry spoke with Channel 9 Eyewitness News Saturday morning and said the Craigslist ad that led to Officer Thompson's alleged sexual misconduct was originally posted by the woman described below, and not by Officer Thompson himself.
9 Investigates discovered a Lady Lake police officer resigned before he could get fired for sexual misconduct inside his patrol car.
Former officer Kevin Thompson was under investigation for sexual misconduct involving his uniform and his patrol car.
The findings of the investigation included allegations that Thompson ran a Craigslist ad promising women sex with a uniformed officer in his squad car.
Officials said it isn't clear how many women took advantage of the offer, but that at least one did.
Investigators said the woman took pictures of Thompson exposing himself while in uniform. They said she then tried to get him to leave his wife.
When Thompson wouldn't, the woman took her evidence to police and ended his career with the Lady Lake police, investigators said.
Channel 9 discovered the State Attorney's Office has been exploring an aggravated assault charge against Thompson, but released a statement saying, "The Lake County Sheriff's Office did not find probable cause that the suspect committed any crime" and "the state cannot go forward with prosecution of this matter."
The woman who took the photo reportedly asked for the charges to be dropped.
Thompson could not be reached for comment.
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