Here's Officer Perv, folks. A Cop-a-Feel straight from my home county. I wonder how many marijuana-related arrests this alleged rapist notched-up during his tenure as constable...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains graphic details.
CANON CITY, Colo. - A former Denton County constable shared sordid tales of sexual assaults against young girls and other sex crimes dating back to his military service in Vietnam, according to prosecution motions filed Monday.
The details come from Larry Dale Floyd's alleged conversations with two cellmates in the Fremont County Detention Center in Colorado, where he has been held since his arrest last July on charges of soliciting to have sex with a child.
Prosecutors also hope to admit into evidence the statements from a former bartender in Lewisville and Lake Dallas. She told police that Floyd showed her child pornography and invited her to sex parties with children in 1990 and 1991.
Floyd's attorney, Philip DuBois of Colorado Springs, could not be reached for comment.
The motions ask that Floyd's incriminating statements be admitted as evidence to show a pattern of behavior as well as to refute his claims that he was in Colorado working an undercover sting when he was arrested.
Floyd, 62, of The Colony, has pleaded not guilty to one count of soliciting for child prostitution, three counts of enticement of a child and three counts of attempted sexual assault on a child. He is accused of arranging to have sex with an 8-year-old girl by soliciting an undercover officer in Colorado via Internet and phone conversations. He also faces charges in Texas of possession of child pornography found on his home computer.
Earlier this year, public defender Daniel Zettler asked to be removed as Floyd's attorney because of a conflict with another of his clients, William Johnson.
In a videotaped interview last week, Johnson told police he shared a cell with Floyd at the detention center between November and February.
During that time, Floyd stated that he purchased sex from locals while he was in the Army in Vietnam and he could have a woman and any of her kids for a few dollars, according to documents. Floyd also told Mr. Johnson how he and other soldiers in Vietnam chained a girl to a pole and repeatedly had sex with her before killing her, the documents stated.
Floyd told Johnson that he hoped to get out on probation so he could "buy a RV and travel around to nudist colonies," according to documents.
Johnson and another cellmate, Justin Lopez, also stated that Floyd made inappropriate comments about Lopez's three children, who visited him in prison.
Lopez, who is jailed on a sex-assault charge, said he would not trust Floyd with his children.
Johnson is facing 12 counts of fraud and deceit related to the theft of prescription drugs meant for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Both inmates said they came forward because they didn't want Floyd to have any more contact with children.
Johnson told prosecutors that Floyd changed stories about his arrest, first saying that he had gone onto the Internet to find a travel companion and then saying he came here on a sting operation that no one in Texas was aware of.
Floyd also told Johnson that he brought boxes of Viagra, pain medication, tranquilizers and sleeping pills to Colorado, the documents state.
Assistant District Attorney Kathy Eberling expects to argue at a May 4 hearing to have the statements admitted as evidence at trial, which is set for September.
She also seeks to admit "similar bad acts" with testimony from two of Floyd's Texas relatives as well as statements from a former bartender.
The woman contacted prosecutors after hearing about Floyd's arrest in the news. She said Floyd showed her a photo album with children posing naked or in lingerie and invited her 10 different times to join them in parties. When she asked what they did, Floyd "talked about tying up the children and dressing them in certain ways; he also said their parents were involved," the documents stated.
The woman said she did not come forward earlier because Floyd said she "wouldn't breathe anymore" if she told anyone.
Floyd remains jailed on a $100,000 cash-only bail at the Fremont County Detention Center.
TRACY HARMON is a freelance writer based in Caon City, Colo.
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