'I can't transmit it': Police officer with HIV hid illness from woman he impregnated, then tried to claim she and the baby 'can't get it': Police
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Key Points:
- Pensacola police officer Pierce Cotton has been charged with a felony for failing to disclose his HIV-positive status to a woman he impregnated, despite assuring her that he could not transmit the virus to her or their baby.
- Cotton allegedly told the woman, who works for the Pensacola Police Department, that his HIV was "under control" and that she and the baby could not contract it, even though a prior lab report confirmed his positive HIV status.
- The woman became concerned after another mother, with whom Cotton had a previous child, warned her about Cotton's health and found medication in his belongings, prompting the victim to contact police.
- Following an investigation that included obtaining Cotton’s medical records, the Pensacola Police Department charged him
