According to the website for the Palm Beach County PBA, the “Black-tie optional” 13th Annual PBA Officer’s Ball was sold out at Trump National Jupiter Golf Club on April 24. Tickets ranged from $200 to $10,000, with lieutenants paying $2,500 a piece for a four-seat table.
The Herald reports that the three-day event, took place at two locations, but the alleged incident, according to the South Florida PBA, did not take place on the Trump property. As law enforcement officers we are held to a higher standard in society, on and off duty, said MDPD Director Alfredo Ramirez III in a statement. Immediately after being notified of an incident that occurred off duty on April 25, 2021, in the City of Palm Beach Gardens, I ordered for John Jenkins Jr. to be relieved of his official duties as a Miami-Dade Police Department lieutenant. Now learning of his arrest, it has brought a sense of disappointment that is immeasurable. This is a serious matter and I am confident that the City
Florida police lieutenant arrested on rape charges
May 8, 2021 GMT
MIAMI (AP) A Miami-Dade police lieutenant who was also a high-ranking member of a police union has been arrested on rape charges.
The Miami Herald reports the alleged incident took place last month at a police union gala in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Jail records show John Jenkins was arrested late Friday on two counts of sexual battery. He was released Saturday.
The newspaper says Jenkins resigned last week as executive vice president of the South Florida Police Benevolent Association.
“I’m shocked and extremely disturbed by the charges,” the union president Steadman Stahl told the newspaper on Saturday.