{"id":1564860,"date":"2022-07-21T15:03:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T19:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1564860"},"modified":"2022-07-21T15:04:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T19:04:21","slug":"transgender-former-cop-arrested-after-allegedly-befriending-sexually-abusing-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-former-cop-arrested-after-allegedly-befriending-sexually-abusing-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender Former Cop Arrested After Allegedly Befriending, Sexually Abusing Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftransgender-former-cop-arrested-after-allegedly-befriending-sexually-abusing-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1564860&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/x-4-e1658426394160.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Diana Guevara, a former police officer who transitioned to the opposite sex, was arrested in Citrus County, Florida, on charges related to sexual activity with minors after allegedly fostering relationships with children for the purpose of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Guevara, who is biologically male but identifies as a transgender woman, was a Miami-Dade police officer prior to transitioning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/story\/life\/wellness\/2017\/02\/25\/these-transgender-patients-now-have-place-change-their-lives-all-once\/98410294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a 2017 Miami Herald article touting the benefits of sex change surgeries. Guevara was arrested July 13 on charges of unlawful activity with certain minors, transmitting harmful materials to minors and four counts of lewd and lascivious battery, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheriffCitrus\/status\/1549130745947607047\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a Citrus County Sheriff\u2019s Office press release.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On July 13, 2022, 33-year-old Diana Elizabeth Guevara of Inverness, Florida, was arrested on a warrant for the charges of Transmitting Harmful Materials to Minors, Unlawful Sexual Activity with Certain Minors, and four counts of Lewd and Lascivious Battery <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CCSOProtecting?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CCSOProtecting<\/a> (1704) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gewXgl6h3g\">pic.twitter.com\/gewXgl6h3g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheriff Citrus (@SheriffCitrus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheriffCitrus\/status\/1549130745947607047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A parent allegedly overheard one of the victims talking to another child about engaging in sexual activities with Guevara and reported it to deputies, according to the release. The same victim said they received explicit photos and videos from Guevara.<\/p>\n<p>Victims said they had engaged in sexual activity with Guevara during separate police interviews, and investigators found evidence to support the victims\u2019 claims about Guevara sending explicit images over social media, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u201cGuevara manipulated the young victims in this case and then took advantage of them, \u201d Sheriff Mike Pendergast said in the release. \u201cShe was able to foster a relationship with one victim and identify her next victims through them, showing a pattern of predatory behavior. This conduct will not be tolerated in Citrus County, and the ST\/U detectives will work tirelessly to bring justice to these young victims.<\/p>\n<p>Guevera <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=57fAa19LJl0&#038;t=23s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discussed<\/a> gender dysphoria, sex changes and a period of drug addiction while incarcerated in a 2017 Spanish-language television clip.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s release, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/florida-woman-manipulated-children-for-sex-deputies-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/local-news\/citrus-county\/former-miami-dade-officer-arrested-in-citrus-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news<\/a> reports, referred to Guevara as a woman and did not disclose that Guevera is male.<\/p>\n<p>The Citrus County Sheriff\u2019s office referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to the Citrus County Detention Facility, where Guevara is being held, and the jail did not respond to our request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Guevara manipulated the young victims&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1564860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}