T.J. Brock

Det. Sgt. T.J. Brock, 51, was placed on leave after sheriff’s officials learned from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday that a 39-year-old female inmate at the Okeechobee County jail reported the incident, Undersheriff Noel Stephen said today.

The woman said the incident took place at the sheriff’s office, Stephen said, but declined to explain how the woman, who had been incarcerated since April, made her way from the jail to the sheriff’s office, citing ongoing criminal and internal investigations into the allegations.

But Stephen did say the woman was not raped.

The woman has been transported to another facility while the investigations are underway, Stephen said.

Brock is a 24-year veteran on the force who is assigned to the criminal investigations division, Stephen said.

FELLSMERE — The mother of the 1-year-old boy found dead in a vehicle last month was charged by the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office with aggravated manslaughter of a child.

Alejandra Alvarado, 21, of the 100 block of South Oak Street, Fellsmere, posted $2,500 bail at the Indian River County Jail shortly after she was booked Monday afternoon. Her son, Aiden Alvarado, died after spending at least four hours in the back of his mother’s sport utility vehicle during the afternoon of June 13, detectives said.
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STUART — Martin County sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help in locating a 38-year-old pastor since earlier this month.

According to deputies, Felix Rodriguez has been missing since May 3. His wife, Maria, told deputies she dropped Rodriguez off that morning at his church, Iglesia De Dios E La Fe at 2810 SE Fairmont Street.

When she returned to pick him up, the wife told deputies, he wasn’t there.

Rodriguez was last seen wearing jeans, white tennis shoes and a button-up shirt with Puerto Rican flags and drums on it.

Anyone with information on Rodriguez’s whereabouts is encouraged to call Martin County Sheriff’s Detective Leo Ferreira at (772) 220-7060.