The Details May Be Muddled, But One Thing is Quite Clear...

This guy's stupid.

Not just garden-variety stupid, but
all-that-and-a-
bag-of-chips-stupid.

Not that stupidity in a criminal isn't something to be appreciated.

Robert / Raymond (depending on your news source: Fox says it's "Robert" and News 10 in Tampa Bay says it's Raymond--take your pick) Gomez, age 42 / 52, a registered sex offender (on this they agree...) had the brilliant idea to answer the door to his trailer (Space 30) at 4803 Hillsborough Ave, butt nekkid. For the cops. With a 15-year-old girl in his bed.

What would YOU do if you were a cop confronted with a nervous, nekkid sex-offender? You'd thank your lucky
stars and call it "Probable Cause." At least these guys did.

Allegedly, she was aware that he was a sex offender, and initially gave her age to police as 18. They smiled and nodded their way out the door (Well gawrsh! Nothin' seems amiss here, folks! Have a lovely day! Toodle-Ooo!) to run her particulars through the system and make sure she wasn't actually 18.

His particulars they'd seen enough of. Eeew.

For the record, and for the fact-checkers at Fox: The guy's name is Raymond Gomez. He's in the Florida Sex Offender Registry, and he's 52. His nominations for man-of-the-year were received in 2003 for "Lewd or lascivious molestation, victim under 12 years, offender 18 or older" F.S. 800.04(5)(b) and "Lewd / lascivious with a child under 16 years." F.S. 800.04. He was convicted in Hillsborough, Florida. Trust me, it wasn't hard to find.

Photo Courtesy of FDLE