39-year-old Florida Highway Patrolman Wilfredo “Jay” Bennett has been charged with Unlawful Compensation for Official Behavior after he allegedly fixed a traffic ticket for sex and got caught. Nice mug shot, huh?
Bennett has been accused of breaking his oath to uphold the law when he fixed a traffic ticket in exchange for sex with 23-year-old Donna Herbst, a woman who got into a car crash last September. He allegedly told the woman that if she fixed him dinner she could contest the ticket and he wouldn’t show up in court.
The two apparently started having sex on a regular basis, including times when Bennett was on duty, until he was caught when his wife dialed the unknown number that showed up on her husband’s phone. She introduced herself to Herbst and the two women confronted Bennett at his private business location, 1st Stryke Security and Investigations, in Kissimmee, Florida. Ooops. Never piss off your girlfriend and wife at the same time. NOT a good move. The blurb off of the newsletter from 1st Stryke includes this gem,
…STRYKE uses private investigators to assist individuals, businesses and attorneys by finding and analyzing information. They connect small clues to solve mysteries or to uncover facts about legal, financial or personal matters. 1st STRYKE offers many services including pre-employment verification and individual background profiles. We also provide assistance in criminal and civil liability cases, insurance claims and fraud, child custody and protection cases, missing persons cases, and premarital screening. We are hired to investigate individuals to prove or disprove infidelity. Our investigators will utilize high-tech equipment to perform the tasks at hand. Some of these tools include…
Funny…When I peruse the list of tools it doesn’t say anything about just letting the wifey look through your cell phone to dial your ho…just sayin’. Shit like that will put a good investigator out of business.
Bennet doesn’t seem to have an updated MySpace page but there are a couple of accounts associated with his email address. Nothing much but you can find them here and here.
Bennett was booked into the Osceola County Jail last Thursday and bonded out a short time later. If convicted Bennett, who has been with the Florida Highway Patrol for twelve years, faces up to fifteen years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Hell, I guess if I could get out of a ticket by sleeping with a cop I might…just not that one.
