A bus driver from Florida in the USA has been arrested for allegedly soliciting a prostitute while on duty.
According to a report from the Huffington Post, Rodrigue Macharie, was arrested in Sarasota County in Florida on Thursday when he tried to pick up a prostitute who was working as an undercover police officer, working a prostitution sting.
"There was a period of disbelief when the bus pulled up and that it looked as if this was actually going to be a transaction," Sgt. Demetri Konstantopouls of the Sarasota Police Department told the Huffington Post.
Police said that Macharie paid the undercover officer $20 for an undisclosed sexual act, MyFoxTampa reports. He was arrested and charged with soliciting a prostitute.
Authorities clarified the location of the alleged sexual solicitation.
“He did not want to have the intercourse inside the bus,” Konstantopoulos said.
Macharie was placed on administrative leave pending further investigation.
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