https://www.nbc-2.com/story/4169436...h-woman-to-make-criminal-charges-go-awayHIALEAH, Fla. - A former assistant state attorney with the 20th Judicial Circuit was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a woman as an offer to make her pending criminal charges go away.
Miami Dade police officers arrested Juan Mercado, 29, for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement that had an acting arrest warrant for him. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated the case.
The 20th Judicial Circuit cover Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, and Lee Counties.
The woman was being prosecuted for domestic battery, and Mercado offered to "make her case go away" in exchange for sex, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Mercado was not the assigned prosecutor on the case but did access records and provided information and advice to the woman, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said.
Mercado was arrested for bribery, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Mercado was taken to the Miami-Dade Jail, and the Office of the State Attorney, 12th Judicial Circuit, will prosecute the case.
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