PALM BEACH — Women in multiple cities and counties have been issued a warning to come forward immediately for testing, after a police officer, Ervans Saintclair, has been charged with intentionally spreading HIV to multiple victims as far back as 2007.
The secret began to surface in January, 2014 when Officer Saintclair was caught lying to a woman whom he dated for almost a year,according to the OCALA Post.
After having unprotected sex with her multiple times, Saintclair claimed that he had “just learned” that he had HIV.
The truth, however, came out when another woman who was in Saintclair’s home found paperwork showing his HIV positive lab results were confirmed years ago, according to reports.
The woman then tried to acquire a list of names of all the other women whom Saintclair had infected.
An investigative call was made to one of the women on the list.
Sure enough, that woman confirmed that Saintclair also penetrated her on numerous occasions without protection while hiding the fact that he had HIV.
Detectives working on the case then made a phone call to Saintclair himself on January 6, 2014 and recorded it.
During that phone call he bragged about all the women he had sex with. But when the issue of HIV came up, he again lied and said he did not have it.
After more investigation, it turns out that Saintclair had been told by doctors since 2007that he tested positive for HIV.
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| Investigations indicated that officer Saintclair knew about his HIV all the way back in 2007. |
Medical records from 2007 even included a doctor’s notes about notifying him “repeatedly” that he had HIV and was not to engage in unprotected sex with anyone.
County-wide warnings have now been issued advising women that they should immediately come forward for testing if they were one of the victims.
At least eight other women have come forward so far, and more are expected in the coming weeks.
It is believed that officer Saintclair was not limited to one area, but may have been spreading HIV in multiple cities and counties over the last seven years.
Making matters worse, Saintclair even impregnated one of the women, according to WPTV News.
She says she did not find out about being exposed to Saintclair’s HIV until she was pregnant with his child.
The woman added that when she confronted Saintclair about the HIV, he apologized and told her “don’t worry about it…you aren’t going to die from it.”
“I was devastated. I cried,” she said, adding “there could be a lot of victims.”
“I just want him to stop exposing people and infecting people.”
Officer Saintclair has been put on administrative leave and is currently free on $30,000 bail, according to reports.
