FBI agents arrest officer at Margate police station

MARGATE, Fla. – FBI agents arrested a police officer on Tuesday at a Margate Police Department station.

Officer Andrew Hammock, who has been with the department since 2002, is facing a charge of soliciting visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

The department placed Hammock on administrative leave without pay. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida is handling the case.