Officer Chris Buccelli Accused of Having Sex with Prostitutes While on the Job

MELBOURNE, Fla.

New details were released this weekend about the Melbourne police officer accused of having sex with prostitutes while on the job.

That officer was fired on Friday.

Police said it had been going on right on the streets of Melbourne with Officer Chris Buccelli in full uniform.

Streetwalkers were seen this weekend in the area known as the Triangle. Locals said prostitution in the area is rampant.

Prostitutes said one officer was letting them ply their trade in exchange for sex in his patrol vehicle.

One man's businesses, he said, is surrounded by prostitutes. He said he's shocked at the accusations that Buccelli had sex with prostitutes on the job.

In an internal investigation, one prostitute told investigators, "Officer Buccelli had intercourse with her" and that "he was in full uniform."

One undercover officer, who arrested a prostitute, reported, "After making the deal for sex, (the prostitute) made the statement that she 'does a Melbourne cop once a week.'"

She identified the officer as Buccelli, police said. One woman on the street said she knows two prostitutes who were told they would have to give him sex or get arrested.

The police chief suspended Buccelli last month after the accusations were made. Now, after a new report that Buccelli stopped and threatened a man in a pickup truck, Buccelli has been fired.

The report suggests Buccelli was jealous because the driver was seeing one of the prostitutes who were servicing Buccelli.

Residents said they're tired of the rampant prostitution, but said Buccelli is the exception to the rule.

Buccelli denied all the accusations against him, and said the prostitutes were lying.

The police chief said, given his denials, there's not enough evidence to charge him with a crime, but he did violate department policy.

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