'Dying' ex-NY cop who for decades evaded child sex abuse trial arrested on felony charges

A former New York police officer who for decades has delayed facing justice over allegations that he repeatedly raped and molested his daughter's 12-year-old friend was arrested in Florida on charges related to the case.

Law enforcement officials arrested Leonard Forte, who is now 80, at his home in Labelle, Florida, on Oct. 18. Forte, a former Suffolk County District Attorney's Office detective, faces two felony charges in Florida on accusations of using the ID of another person without consent and the use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony. The arrest warrant was based on a probable cause affidavit submitted by a Florida Department of Law Enforcement special agent, who was assigned to assist the Vermont Attorney General's Office on the pending criminal prosecution of Forte.