Dakota Valkyrie
February 13th, 2009, 03:02 AM
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He was a suicidal ex-Army ranger, a highly trained, heavily armed former Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
And when police finally caught up with Kyle Yates in November, he told them they were lucky, according to newly released court records.
Yates, 38, is awaiting trial on charges of sexual battery of a minor younger than 12, lewd and lascivious molestation and showing obscene materials to a minor.
Court documents tell of a frenzied search for Yates in July. When confronted with allegations he had sex with a 10-year-old girl, he said he was suicidal and would get help. Instead, Yates fled the state, prompting colleagues at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office to put the girl's family in protective custody.
All the while, investigators said, Yates had begun a new life as "Rowdy" in Corpus Christi, Texas, working at a garage door company and hanging out at a country-western bar with his new girlfriend.
The documents describe Yates sexually abusing the girl for five years, at times showing her Internet and video pornography. The girl told a neighbor, sparking the investigation.
While police interviewed the girl, Yates fled.
Four months passed.
Then, in November, authorities found Yates' abandoned van in Corpus Christi. Three days later, he was seen outside the Whiskey River nightclub. A tactical team was called to arrest Yates.
The arrest was unremarkable, police noted. But Yates praised their execution, saying it would have turned out differently had he had his gun with him.
Sheriff's detectives went to Texas and uncovered Yates' new life. He got work at the Overhead Door Co. of Corpus Christi. He hung out at Whiskey River, was known to most as "Rowdy." And his co-workers told police that things had gotten "pretty serious" with his new girlfriend.
But the arrest ended that.
His former colleagues finally sat face to face with him Nov. 25. They said he admitted abusing the girl.
"I'm a sick man," Yates told them, according to court records. "They are going to fry me, aren't they?"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpdeputy0213pnfeb13,0,7162129.story
Way to "Protect & Serve", Yates.
He was a suicidal ex-Army ranger, a highly trained, heavily armed former Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
And when police finally caught up with Kyle Yates in November, he told them they were lucky, according to newly released court records.
Yates, 38, is awaiting trial on charges of sexual battery of a minor younger than 12, lewd and lascivious molestation and showing obscene materials to a minor.
Court documents tell of a frenzied search for Yates in July. When confronted with allegations he had sex with a 10-year-old girl, he said he was suicidal and would get help. Instead, Yates fled the state, prompting colleagues at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office to put the girl's family in protective custody.
All the while, investigators said, Yates had begun a new life as "Rowdy" in Corpus Christi, Texas, working at a garage door company and hanging out at a country-western bar with his new girlfriend.
The documents describe Yates sexually abusing the girl for five years, at times showing her Internet and video pornography. The girl told a neighbor, sparking the investigation.
While police interviewed the girl, Yates fled.
Four months passed.
Then, in November, authorities found Yates' abandoned van in Corpus Christi. Three days later, he was seen outside the Whiskey River nightclub. A tactical team was called to arrest Yates.
The arrest was unremarkable, police noted. But Yates praised their execution, saying it would have turned out differently had he had his gun with him.
Sheriff's detectives went to Texas and uncovered Yates' new life. He got work at the Overhead Door Co. of Corpus Christi. He hung out at Whiskey River, was known to most as "Rowdy." And his co-workers told police that things had gotten "pretty serious" with his new girlfriend.
But the arrest ended that.
His former colleagues finally sat face to face with him Nov. 25. They said he admitted abusing the girl.
"I'm a sick man," Yates told them, according to court records. "They are going to fry me, aren't they?"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpdeputy0213pnfeb13,0,7162129.story
Way to "Protect & Serve", Yates.