Pittsburgh-Area Cop Sentenced In Prostitution Scandal

PITTSBURGH, PA — A former suburban Pittsburgh police officer has been sentenced following his conviction of transporting an illegal alien into the country.

Blake Thomas Bobbin, 60, of Bethel Park, was sentenced in federal court Thursday to three years of probation, a $2,000 fine, and50 hours of community service.

Babin was a lieutenant with the Bethel Park police department who provided money to an 18-year-old Venezuelan female cross illegally into the United States.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Pittsburgh, Babin admitted he met the woman in Colombia, where she was working as a prostitute. Text messages revealed that Babin said the he loved her and wanted him to help him "keep his house."

"Blake Babin betrayed his sworn oath to uphold the law when he paid for a Venezuelan teenager’s transportation to the United States border, knowing that she would then attempt to enter the country illegally so that they could carry on a romantic relationship,” U.S. Attorney Eric Olshan
said in a news release.