The outgoing president of the Hernando County Association of Realtors was arrested after deputies said he inappropriately touched a teenage girl.
Gary Lee Budek, 50, is facing three counts of lewd and lascivious behavior in connection with the incidents, which investigators say happened at Prudential Tropical Realty on Mariner Boulevard between June and October of this year.
According to the arrest affidavit, the teenage girl was doing school work in the office and helping out the other employees when Budek touched her on three separate occasions.
Budek is accused of licking sugar from the girl's face, then tried to kiss her by putting his tongue in her mouth. Investigators also said he rubbed the girl's neck, then slid his hands down her shirt and touched her bare chest.
Deputies set up a phone call between the girl and Budek, during which he apologized for groping her and said it would not happen again, investigators said.
Investigators said Budek later admitted to the allegations.
Budek stepped down from his post with the Hernando County Association of Realtors as soon as he was arrested.
He was released from the Hernando County Detention Center on Saturday after posting $15,000 bail.