Sex Crime at Reichert House in Gainesville, Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WGFL) — The organization for at-risk youth called the Reichert House was started by Gainesville Police Chief Tony Jones over 30 years ago, but even though most of their funding comes from the police department--- there is a gray area on what they choose to report to police officials

Back in December, Reichert officials discovered a 13-year-old boy was engaged in oral sex with a 15-year old boy on a Reichert house bus.

School officials didn't immediately report the incident, but instead they offered the kids various services, suspended them and told their parents.

“There was no police report originally taken, they were not aware of any crime committed,” GPD Inspector Jorge Campos said.

Florida’s “Romeo and Juliet” law explains because the youngest person was 13 years old, the sex act could be against the law.

Campos tells CBS 4, Reichert House employees didn’t know it was a possible violation of the law.

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