St. Pete man arrested outside Avon Park Walgreens after traveling to meet teen: deputies

AVON PARK, Fla. (WFLA)  — Body camera video shows the moment deputies dragged a man out of his vehicle in a Walgreens parking lot, where he thought he was meeting a 15-year-old, according to authorities.

The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office said its special victims unit began communicating with a man from St. Petersburg on June 10 after he tried to contact a 15-year-old in Sebring.

A detective posed as a 15-year-old and messaged David Richard Letro, 44, who said he was house-sitting for a friend at a home in the Sun ‘N Lake community…

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