LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — A traveling veterinarian is accused of threatening a mother who reported to authorities that he was in a sexual relationship with her minor daughter, court records show.
An affidavit filed by an FBI agent says 52-year-old Gregory Ford, a traveling veterinarian who is based out of Houston, Texas, appears to have violated federal law regarding threatening communications. That claim stems from a text investigators say was sent to the minor’s mother from a phone belonging to Ford.
According to court documents, the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office took a report in August from a mother about Ford being involved in a sexual relationship with her daughter.
The FBI agent’s affidavit said that the mother discovered texts between Ford and her daughter that were sexually explicit.
As a traveling vet, Ford provided services to farms throughout the United States.
Then, court documents state that in a lengthy text message Ford sent the mother, he claimed threatened to have a “friend in the CIA” hurt her.
A post from the sheriff’s office in Marion County, Florida, shows that Ford was arrested on Wednesday for a separate charge – sexual battery of a victim between 16 and 17 years old. It is not clear at this time if the charge is connected to the report from Lauderdale County, though the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said one of their detectives was made aware in early September of those allegations.
The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office said that the investigation is ongoing but charges are expected.
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