A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested in Hialeah on Tuesday after a warrant accused him of sexually abusing a minor. The deputy, 42-year-old Manuel Chaveco Delgado, is identified in arrest paperwork as assigned to the sheriff’s Detention Services unit. The warrant lists charges of showing obscene material to a minor and lewd and lascivious molestation of a child between 12 and 16.
According to WTSP, Hialeah police obtained the warrant and took Delgado into custody on Tuesday. He was booked into the Miami-Dade County jail, which also provided the booking photo cited in the report.
Detention services role
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office describes Detention Services as the division that oversees the county's jail operations. Public records list Delgado as assigned to that unit. The sheriff’s office website lays out various jail and court operations within Detention Services, but individual personnel files are not posted on the public webpages.
Charges and legal context
The warrant accuses Delgado of lewd and lascivious molestation, conduct defined in Florida Statute 800.04, and of showing obscene material to a minor under Florida Statute 847.0133. Under those statutes, lewd or lascivious molestation of a 12-to-16-year-old is classified as a felony, and showing obscene material to a minor is a separate felony offense. State law sets prison terms for second- and third-degree felonies in its penalty provisions.
What happens next
Delgado remains in custody following the Hialeah arrest, and prosecutors are expected to review the case before any formal charging decision and arraignment. Officials with the Hialeah Police Department and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office have not released additional details beyond the warrant and booking information reported by WTSP.
