Pierce Cotton (Pensacola Police Division/Fb)
A Florida police officer is charged with not disclosing his HIV standing to a girl he received pregnant, which is a felony. The cop tried to inform the lady “I can”t transmit it” and “you and the infant cannot get it,” in line with courtroom paperwork.
“I am sick,” Pensacola police officer Pierce Cotton informed the pregnant lady, in line with his arrest report. One other mom that he had a baby with in a earlier relationship had reached out to the lady and informed her she was “involved” for her well being, in line with the report.
“It is beneath management, and that is been confirmed,” Cotton allegedly texted her. “You possibly can’t contract it.”
The arrest report says the lady replied, “Sick with what?”
“I am going to preface it with this then: I can not transmit it,” Cotton allegedly mentioned. “You do not have it, since you’ve got already been examined for it. … I made positive I used to be secure in order to maintain you from getting it. You and the infant cannot get it from me.”
The arrest report says Cotton and the lady, who’s an worker with the Pensacola Police Division, started courting in October 2025. He was allegedly nonetheless dwelling with the opposite mom on the time, however claimed they weren’t in a relationship and that he was solely staying along with her in the meanwhile.
The opposite mom contacted the lady after discovering out she was pregnant and mentioned she discovered remedy in Cotton’s private belongings that was alarming, in line with the arrest report.
“The feminine informed her that she was involved for [the victim] and the unborn kid’s well being and that ought to get examined,” the report says. “She initially wouldn’t inform why the feminine was involved for her well being.”
The sufferer allegedly got here ahead and contacted police after talking to Cotton, which led investigators to acquire Cotton’s medical data and uncover a previous lab report.
“The lab report indicated that it was a check for [HIV] and a serum specimen was collected from a vein on July 11, 2025,” the report explains. “The outcomes date is July 15, 2025. The lab indicated that it was a optimistic outcome.”
The Pensacola Police Division charged Cotton and positioned him on administrative go away, with an inside affairs investigation underway.
Cotton was launched on a $10,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned in April.
