Print
Close
Florida ‘sexual predator’ arrested 1 day after release from 9-year sentence for removing GPS monitor: sheriff
By Brie Stimson
Published July 21, 2023
A "sexual predator" who allegedly removed his ankle monitor and then overdosed, was taken back into custody just one day after he was released from a more than nine-year prison sentence for lewd and lascivious battery with a victim 12-15 years old, according to the sheriff’s office.
Albert Lee Gardner, 29, was released from his nine and a half-year sentence on July 7 and was arrested on July 8 after authorities found his ankle monitor in a convenience store trash can, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office said in a release.
A probation officer called deputies to the 7-Eleven in Brooksville, Florida, after noticing his GPS tracker had been there for an unusually long time.
HUSBAND OF TEXAS WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN LAKE WORE ANKLE MONITOR: POLICE
Albert Lee Gardner, 29, was arrested one day after going on supervised release following a 9 and a half year sentence for lewd and lascivious battery with a victim 12-15 years old. (Hernando County Sheriffs Office)
FLORIDA MAN CUTS OFF ANKLE MONITOR, JUMPS OUT OF APARTMENT WINDOW DURING SWAT NEGOTIATIONS
Gardner had been given five and a half years of supervised release following his sentence, according FOX 35.
Deputies then got a call about an overdose at an apartment and found Gardner had taken what his sister called an "unknown narcotic." He was revived with a Narcan.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
After being cleared at a hospital, Gardner was booked without bond and charged with violating his probation and tampering with an electronic monitoring device.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-sexual-predator-arrested-1-day-after-release-9-year-sentence-removing-gps-monitor-sheriff