TEACHERS
South Florida Boss Indicted
Broward Teachers Union president Tony Gentile
surrendered to U.S. Marshals after his indictment Aug. 30 on federal child
pornography charges. Gentile is charged with one count of trying to induce
a minor into engaging in a sexual act and one count possession of child
pornography, according to the indictment handed up by a federal grand jury
in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The charges carry a combined penalty of up to 20
years in prison and $500,000 in fines.
The union boss was arrested July 26, when he allegedly showed up outside a Ft. Lauderdale store where he planned to meet an Internet acquaintance who had presented herself as a 14-year-old girl. The "girl" was an undercover police detective working with a special task force that handles crimes against minors over the Internet. Gentile has run the union in since 1979 and has taken an indefinite leave of absence since his arrest.[Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) 8/31/01]
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