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You know how it is. You're in a public restroom, performing a private but necessary bodily function, and someone knocks on the stall door. It's easy to see how this could all be a misunderstanding, especially if you're a Republican office holder who has a record of gay bashing (and don't miss the ultra-flattering picture of Mr. Family Values):
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-bk- boballen071107,0,7769658.story
Rep. Bob Allen arrested on sex charge
Laurin Sellers | Sentinel Staff Writer 8:45 PM EDT, July 11, 2007
TITUSVILLE - State Rep. Bob Allen was arrested Wednesday afternoon at a local park after offering to perform a sex act on an undercover officer in exchange for $20, police said.
Allen, R-Merritt Island, was booked into the Brevard County jail in Sharpes on a charge of solicitation to commit prostitution, a second-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in the county jail and a $500 fine.
He was released a few hours later after posting $500 bail, according to a jail spokesman. The legislator, who was first elected in 2000, could not be reached for comment late Wednesday.
Titusville police were at Veteran's Memorial Park on East Broad Street on a burglary detail when they noticed an unshaven man acting suspicious, going in and out of the restroom three times, said Lt. Todd Hutchinson.
An undercover officer decided to go into one of the bathroom stalls, Hutchinson said. Moments later, Allen knocked on the stall door and offered to perform oral sex on the officer for $20, according to the police spokesman.
The officer identified himself and took Allen into custody. Hutchinson said the officers had no idea the suspect was a state lawmaker.
"After he was arrested, he (Allen) mentioned he was a state legislator," he said.
Allen told a television reporter that what happened was a "misunderstanding." But Hutchinson said the representative did not dispute the undercover officer's version of what happened in the park.
Allen, 48, who chairs the House Committee on Energy, is married and has one child. He also is a former Little League volunteer and has donated time to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida.
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Darn the luck! The one guy Allen approaches for a $20 blow job happens to be a cop! What are the odds?
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