Charlotte County Sheriff s Deputy Martin Allen charged with lewd and lascivious conduct
Martin is accused communicating online with who he thought was a 15-year-old girl named Mandy, and asking her to send nude photos
Martin also allegedly asked bogus teen to sleep naked together, and even to move in with him during exchange, some of which took place on duty
Martin was arrested 10 months after Lee Bassett, founder of Facebook group dedicated to unmasking sexual predators, began communicating with him
After Bassett and his team of volunteers realized that Martin was a sheriff s deputy, they contacted Internal Affairs