BRADENTON -- An internal affairs inquiry has confirmed allegations that former Bradenton police officers gave a prostitute drugs and money in exchange for sex, according to documents obtained today by the Herald-Tribune.

The internal affairs investigation, released by police officials this morning, indicates that a convicted prostitute was telling the truth when she made claims of sexual liasions with Officer Larry Pritchett and Detective Pete Biddlecome.

Another prostitute told investigators that she had sex with Officer Larry Anderson.

All three men resigned for "personal reasons" in recent weeks.

According to interview transcripts, prostitute Dawn Marie Gibson says Pritchett had sex with her five times, gave her a total of $127 and five pieces of crack cocaine and offered to keep her safe from arrest. Biddlecome, according to the reports, received oral sex from Gibson in a squad car and later gave her $10. Anderson had sex with a 24-year-old prostitute in a police substation, internal affairs investigators concluded.

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