{"id":2102446,"date":"2023-11-17T20:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T01:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abramss-brother-in-law-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-abuse-of-minor\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T20:40:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T01:40:31","slug":"stacey-abramss-brother-in-law-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-abuse-of-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abramss-brother-in-law-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-abuse-of-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams&#8217; relative arrested for minor abuse, sex trafficking."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fstacey-abramss-brother-in-law-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-abuse-of-minor%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=2102446&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmie Gardner, 57. (Photo via: Tampa Police Department)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>4:46 PM \u2013 Friday, November 17, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>According to Tampa officials, Jimmie Gardner, the brother-in-law of former Georgia gubernatorial candidate \u2063Stacey Abrams,\u2063 was \u200ctaken \u200cinto custody on allegations of\u200b sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old\u2064 was detained on\u2063 Friday, according to\u200b Tampa police, for allegedly trying to have sex with a 16-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner met the juvenile at 1:43 a.m. and \u200dinvited her to his room at the Renaissance Hotel at \u2062the International Plaza, according to a\u200c press statement from the Tampa Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>After the girl accepted his invitation,\u200d he \u200creportedly\u2062 offered her money \u2062in exchange for sex, \u2062according to authorities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe victim initially agreed but later\u2064 told Gardner\u2063 that she \u200cno longer\u2064 wanted to engage and he became\u2064 angry,\u201d the release said. \u201cGardner advised the victim that she \u2063needed to leave his hotel room. The two got involved in a verbal\u200d altercation that escalated to a \u200dphysical\u2063 dispute after Gardner placed his hands around the victim\u2019s neck, impeding her breathing.\u2063 After \u200bthe dispute, Gardner left the hotel room,\u2062 and the victim \u200bcalled 911.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gardner had \u200calready \u2062left\u2063 the hotel when police arrived, however,\u2062 they \u2063still discovered \u200bthe \u200bvictim there.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner\u2062 was reportedly assigned to the \u200cTampa Police District\u200b 1 Office, according to authorities. He was taken into custody on\u2063 accusations of human trafficking for commercial sex with a victim under the age of 18, lewd\u200d or lascivious contact of a \u2062juvenile by anyone 24 years of age or\u2064 older, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abramss-brother-in-law-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-abuse-of-minor\/\" title=\"Stacey Abrams' relative arrested for minor abuse, sex trafficking.\">misdemeanor\u200b battery charge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 13<sup>th<\/sup> Judicial Circuit Office of the State Attorney \u200dreported that Gardner \u2063was cleared 27 years after being found guilty in 1987 of \u2064sexually assaulting two women in West Virginia. <\/p>\n<p>Leslie Abrams Gardner, a federal judge, and he were married two years after\u200c his release.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cEveryone is entitled to \u2062the presumption of innocence. Our attorneys \u200cwill prosecute this case as we would\u2062 any other\u2063 offender who is alleged to have committed these \u200ccrimes. We take these\u200d charges very seriously,\u201d\u2063 State Attorney Suzy\u200d Lopez said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u200cnews blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>It\u2063 has been two months since Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton\u2019s \u200bimpeachment acquittal yet the State House Of Representatives \u200bwill not reveal how much\u2063 it spent on private attorneys to make \u200ctheir case. Chanel \u2063Rion has more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Vivek\u2062 Ramaswamy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ted Harvey<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Marc Morano<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The board of the company \u2063behind ChatGPT fired CEO Sam Altman, sending\u2062 shock waves across the tech industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Spotify \u2063expanded\u200c its \u200dpartnership with \u2063Google Cloud to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chatgpt-passes-medical-license-exam-bar-exam-after-top-performance-on-wharton-mba-final\/\" title=\"ChatGPT Passes Medical License Exam, Bar Exam After Top Performance On Wharton MBA Final\">large language models<\/a> \u2064to help identify \u2063a user\u2019s listening patterns across podcasts and audiobooks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Starlink has secured a contract\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toyotas-camry-best-selling-car-in-us-goes-all-hybrid\/\" title=\"Toyota's Camry, top-selling car in the US, now fully hybrid.\">offer free internet<\/a> in Mexico \u200duntil the \u2064end of \u200d2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>U.S.\u200b lawmakers asked Apple Inc to explain the abrupt end of political comedian Jon Stewart\u2019s\u200d television show on its streaming service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What \u200dcharges \u200dhas Jimmie Gardner been \u200barrested \u2062on?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Jimmie Gardner, Brother-in-Law of Stacey Abrams,\u200c Arrested on Sex Trafficking\u200b Charges<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking \u200cturn\u200d of \u200cevents, Jimmie\u200c Gardner,\u200b the brother-in-law of former Georgia gubernatorial\u200b candidate Stacey Abrams,\u200c has been taken into custody on allegations of \u200dsex trafficking. The 57-year-old was arrested by Tampa officials for allegedly \u2062attempting to engage in sexual \u2063activities with a 16-year-old \u2063girl.<\/p>\n<p>The Incident<\/p>\n<p>According to a press statement from the \u2064Tampa Police Department, Gardner met the juvenile at 1:43 \u2063a.m. and invited her to his room at\u200d the Renaissance Hotel at the International Plaza. It \u200cis\u2064 alleged \u2063that after\u2063 the girl accepted his invitation, Gardner\u2063 offered her money\u200d in exchange for sex.<\/p>\n<p>However, the\u200b situation took a\u200c disturbing turn when \u2064the victim changed her mind. In response, Gardner became angry and confronted her. The altercation escalated to a physical dispute, with Gardner placing his \u2063hands around\u2063 the victim&#8217;s neck, impeding her breathing. Eventually, Gardner\u2064 left \u2062the hotel room, and the victim immediately called 911.<\/p>\n<p>Police Response<\/p>\n<p>Although Gardner had already left the hotel when \u200dthe police arrived, they were able to find the victim at\u200b the scene. Subsequently, Gardner, who was reportedly assigned to the Tampa Police\u2064 District 1 Office, \u2063was apprehended on multiple\u2064 charges. These include human\u200d trafficking for commercial sex with a victim under the age of 18, lewd or lascivious contact of a juvenile by anyone 24\u2063 years\u2062 of age or older, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antonio-brown-faces-arrest-order-in-florida-on-misdemeanor-battery-charge\/\" title=\"Antonio Brown Faces Arrest Order in Florida on Misdemeanor Battery Charge\">misdemeanor battery charge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previous\u2064 Offense<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, \u200cit has been revealed \u2063that Gardner\u2064 was convicted in 1987 for sexually assaulting two \u2064women in West Virginia. However, after\u200b 27\u200b years, the 13th Judicial Circuit\u200b Office of the State Attorney cleared him of these charges. Following his \u2062release, Gardner married Leslie Abrams\u200d Gardner, who currently serves as a\u2062 federal judge.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>The arrest of Jimmie \u200bGardner on sex trafficking charges is a deeply \u2062distressing\u200c incident, particularly due to\u200d his familial ties within \u200bthe political sphere. The allegations against him must \u2063be thoroughly investigated, and justice\u2064 should be served \u200cif he is found guilty. This case \u2062serves as a reminder that no\u2063 one, regardless of their background, is above the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmie Gardner, 57. (Photo via: Tampa Police Department) OAN\u2019s\u00a0Brooke Mallory 4:46 PM \u2013 Friday, November 17, 2023 According to Tampa officials, Jimmie Gardner, the brother-in-law of former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, was taken into custody on allegations of sex trafficking. 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