FLORIDA, Polk County — A Del Mar Union College District board member was among 213 men and women arrested in a human trafficking procedure in Florida, authorities introduced Thursday.
Polk County Sheriff’s Workplace paperwork received by ABC 10Information show 60-yr-aged Scott Picket was arrested for the duration of an undercover operation dubbed “Procedure Visitors Quit” on Feb. 11 in Polk County, Florida.
According to the documents, an undercover detective was contacted by Wooden via an escort advert posted on an on the net provider.
By text messages and phone discussions, Wood and the undercover detective manufactured preparations to fulfill at a spot “for possibly $50 for oral sexual intercourse, $150 for oral and vaginal sex with a condom, or $200 for oral and vaginal sex without a condom,” the files stated.
Wooden, for each the files, satisfied the undercover detective and instructed the detective that “he required to have oral and vaginal sex without having a condom and compensated her $200 in hard cash.”
Authorities then took Wood into custody devoid of incident. Documents confirmed he was arrested for soliciting a further to commit prostitution.
Picket was introduced from Polk County Jail on Feb. 13 soon after he posted $500 bail, the Polk County Sheriff’s Business said.
In accordance to a bio on the Del Mar Union College District site, Wooden is married and has two small children.
“We want to notify you that the Del Mar Union Faculty District received notification that Scott Wooden has resigned from the District’s Governing Board of Trustees effective immediately,” the district stated in a statement to 10News Thursday afternoon.
“The Board is currently exploring alternatives to fill the vacancy. We will keep the community educated as the District moves via this procedure.”
He has served as a board trustee considering the fact that November 2010.
The district despatched out the adhering to assertion previously Thursday:
This early morning the Del Mar Union College District acquired of the arrest of Board Member Scott Wood in Polk County, Florida on rates involving solicitation of prostitution. Though we do not but know all the specifics and situations of this incident, the allegations are stunning and particularly concerning.
The District is continuing to master much more about this incident as information gets to be out there, and the Board is exploring selections for any similar motion with its lawyers. On behalf of the entire Board, you have our motivation that our Superintendent and all workers will continue to aim on our essential function every day in support of the college students of the Del Mar Union Faculty District.
