ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Sheriff's office officials said a Seminole County deputy has been fired after he was arrested and charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl multiple times.
Orange County deputies arrested Deputy Holritch Rivette, 32, over the weekend on an outstanding warrant.
The victim, who was 13 years old at the time, told investigators she had sex with Rivette for a year, until March of 2014. Rivette allegedly bought the teenager clothes in exchange for sex.
According to authorities, the sexual abuse began when the victim and her mother lived off Texas Avenue in Orange County.
Neighbors started snapping photos when they spotted several deputies searching for Rivette at his Ocoee home on Friday.
"They had rifles, they had guns," resident Karen Martinez said. "It was a little scary."
Martinez said she had no idea why deputies were surrounding Rivette's home.
"I went to go walk out to get something out of my car, and they waved me down to go inside the house," Martinez said.
Investigators said Rivette wasn't home and was actually arrested at an intersection about a mile away.
"You never know who's working for the law these days," Martinez said.
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office said Rivette was with the agency for roughly six months and was still on probationary status. He was served with termination papers while being booked into jail.
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