A concerned Florida mom set up her own sting operation at a local Popeye’s to confront a man who was having sex with her 13-year-old daughter – a showdown that reportedly resulted in the armed crook being shot by police. Killed.
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Chief of Investigations Alan Parker said during an interview that the unidentified mother learned her daughter was having an “inappropriate text relationship” with the suspect, identified as 18-year-old Ceri Rodrigues Banks. press conference monday.
She then took her daughter’s phone and pretended to be her to set up a meeting with the suspect at Popeye’s restaurant around 7 am on Sunday morning.
Banks arrived at the fast food chain believing he was meeting the teen, but instead encountered a concerned mother, her daughter, and her 11-year-old son.
However, when the mother confronted Banks, he allegedly showed her a pistol hidden in his waistband.
Banks allegedly threatened the mother, saying, “When you hear the shots tonight, you’ll know what’s happening,” Parker said.
Fearing for the safety of her children and her own life, the mother went back to Popeye’s and called the police.
Responding officers arrived about a half-hour later and found Banks still hiding outside the fast-food chain. Knowing he was armed, the officer immediately ordered Banks to turn around and show his hands.
Parker said Banks “slowly” turned his back on the officer before he turned away and ran toward the back of the restaurant.
The officer then ran after him and as he turned the corner, he saw Banks take a pistol out of his waistband.
“He yells at him, ‘Drop, stop, gun, gun, gun,’ engages the suspect, he shoots him multiple times,” the Jacksonville police chief said.
According to Parker, wounded by the officer’s bullets but still mobile, the alleged gunman then ran behind a “neighboring business” and dropped his gun.
The officer ignored Banks, but other cops arrived and eventually deployed a K-9 unit to track down the men hiding in a drainage tunnel.
Parker said the alleged gunman was shot once in his arm, torso and possibly “in the leg.” He received medical attention at the scene and was taken to a local hospital to be treated for his wounds before being taken into custody.
Detectives were able to recover the gun that Banks was carrying and determined that he was not firing any shots during the chase.
The alleged gunman was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, lewd and lascivious conduct by a perpetrator over the age of 18 against a victim under the age of 16, unlawful use of a two-way communication device and meeting after using Has been accused of traveling for. computer for the purpose of seducing/enticing/enticing a child, according to First Coast News.
He is being held on $700,000 bond.
Jacksonville Sheriff TK Waters said he understands the mother’s concern but would like parents to call him first to handle situations like this.
“We would absolutely love to handle every situation, but this is a mother who is concerned about her daughter,” Waters said during the press conference.
“So, I understand, I understand. But, I would say that in most cases, in such situations, call us and let us come out and deal with the situation, so that it does not turn out like this.
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