EFTA00609353.pdf

Date: 2/17/06 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 12 Time: 11:36:35 Incident Report Program: CMS301L Case No (Continued) her sister resides with Mr. . Both and arm currently at en ing vocational school, ww ich is an involuntary admitted juveni e educational facility. ITI stays at the during the week and comes homes on the weeken . According to MO s. he was admitted to the school because of disciplinary/ that recently escalated: The facility also coordinates with the families to provide one on one as well as family counseling. According to Mrs. , she believes the incident occurred on Sunday, Feb 6, 200 . riend of named picked her up at their house and left. They believe instiga e the relation hip with the older gentleman though they o not have any proof. lives close by with her mother. Mrs. further explaine that Ill was introduced to s to that on Sun ay, by p ays ase a .oy she was dating. . Mrs. continued pic ed up ill, and drove to a m each where they met the man. upposedly, t e man has a lot of money and often has young girls come over to his house. Rill offers these girls a way to make fast cash. The man starts wi a massa e. If he likes them, he keeps them around and does more. The did not have any information on other than she lives on , the last house on ). Mrs. talked of the conversation that she had with the mother of . Mrs. stated that was a former friend of e found it strange that they were no longer friends unti s e received the call from her mother telling her of the conversation she overheard between and a boy named Zach. Mrs. told me of an incident that occurred on /2005. got into a fight at school ( HS). Mrs. Brown assistant principal, found over $300.00 in s purse. ill gave different explanations for the large sum o money. Initially the school administration thought it was drug related but then dismissed the claim. Since that day, did not return to school; she ran away Thursday, or Fri ay and returned to her mother's huse later that...after midni . It was not until after received the call from mother, that she earne was t e g r tat got into the ig wi . The fight was ins igated when accused of being a pros i ute. , who has legal joint custody of his daughter signed the affidavit of prosecution indicating he "lid to prosecute against the inappropriate sexual behavior with his fourteen-year-old daughter. Mr. stated that he had no objections with our agency speaking with is aughter about the incident. Mr. stated that mother is aware of the allegations an a so was willing to cooperate. Accor ing to Mrs. , she does not believe her daughter had any additional contact with the suspect as she was with EFTA00609353 Date: 2/17/06 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 13 Time: 11:36:35 Incident Report Program: CMS301L Case No (Continued) her mother an then placed into I contacted the School Board Police who rovided me the inform tion for Sable Palm also known as Famil Center Chec ing t e sc o0 oar recor s or an , there is no disciplinary record foun . was a vise i no disciplinary action was taken for a fight, such as an expulsion or detention, the incident may not have been recorded. This was at the discretion of the individual school security and principal. 03/15/2005, I called the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and left a message for PBSP Sgt. Chris Keen, Child Abuse Unit. On 03/15 2005 I went to IIIIIIIIII/Sable Palm where I ' h white female Also presen was Kathy Back, therapis . ring an audiotaped interview I s oke wit about the allegations that were made. initial enied anything had happened oni admitting to going with a identified as ) to Palm Beach to pick up money was owed. en i ie as the cousin of her fo boyfrien She glia e y admitted to knowing that worked for a wea man and possibly did sexual favors for him. S e also admitted that had offered her an opportunity to make money. identified IR= boss as a white male named "Jeff who ve n Palm Beach a er positively identified as Jef Epstein). hlial explained that she was first a roached by iff s house, when they were at s house. cc to go with to gnIll he heard , she was not sure exactly what was going on with o o with her. inviting s boyfriend) be o accompany her. but gry when ved it was to* p IcP up money t e man owed . stated told her that she would pick her up a er ouse on unday. was not sure of the exact dates but knew it was a Sunday. According to , along with an unknown possibly Hispanic female, up at ll ir father s house on pietl iti lii . told her father that they wereliiiii shopping. t waslater confirmed by that picked his daughter up. According to Mr. drove a pick up truck. drove S. along with the unknown female to Palish. ome ime on the wa ere, a conversation occurred between and / whereas told that if Jeff asked her ) age, s e s ould say s was eighteen. Wre t illi recalled that the Jeff's house was on a dead end street. All e girls walked up a drivewa guard/security room. In fact, ast what appeared to be a small recalled a male approaching them asking what they wanted. stated they were there to see Jeff. The male allowed them to con inue walking up to the house. EFTA00609354 Date: 2/17/06 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 18 Time: 11:36:35 Incident Report Program: CMS301L Case No (Continued) investi ation. I received return phone calls from Mrs. Sandberg and Mrs. and advised them that I would be contacting Kat y Back, y therapist to coordinate a time to meet with . This was a the request of both Back and Mrs. Sandberg that strict classroom and therapy schedule be disrupted as little as possible. I also updated them to the investigation thus far. Both Sandberg and stated they had no objection to my meeting with . In aking spe with Ms. Sandberg, she identified the cell phone umber of as being the phone assigned to . Ms. Sandberg had no objections and provided consent to giving it to the police department for the use of placing controlled phoniiiills from it. Sandberg stated the phone had been taken away from as part of her punishment for not doing well in school. According to Sandberg, used to be an excellent student, but in the past two months hasbecome irritable, verbally abusive to the family and has runaway. Sandberg stated her daughter's recent behavior is the opposite of what she normally is. Sandberg stated they are going through family therapy sessions with the school but none of this had come up. Arrangements were made for Det. Captain Gudger to retrieve the cell phone from Sandberg at her place of employment. I called Family Center, and requested to speak with Ms. Back.RMeaking with Ms. ac s e advised me that she was in the middle of therapy sessions and would call me back once the sessions were completed. Ms. Back stated the sessions should be concluded by 7:00 PM. At approximately 8:00PM I had called Ms. Back at which time I left a message on her voice mail requesting a return phone call. I spoke with Ms. Sandberg and advised her that I did not meet with her daughter and that I would again attempt to coordinate a time with the counselor so as not to disrupt s school schedule. Sandberg had no objections. Shortly after spec ing with Ms. Sandberg I received a call from Ms. Back. I explained the situation and requested a time to meet with . Back reviewed s schedule and advised that would be avai a le after 3:00PM. On 03/30/2005, I met with Ms. Back and at Family Center. I reminded of er conversation w t During this time ini is e a conversation with me in w ich she admitted that s e was not tell me everything that had ha ened during the time she was alone with Epstein. According to while she and Epstein were alone on the second floor stein us 1 pstein ever as e. er age an e state• e a.. sta ed she told him she was eighteen. When Epstein asked w scncol she was in, responded she was in the twelf h grade at Wellington During e course of this incident, stated Epsteitrtoldher that had worked for him for years. We then continued with the controlled call to . At iiiiiiimately 3:35 m , from her cell pone, made a call to s home, was not home. was told EFTA00609355