A four-day child predator investigation in Pinellas County that involved local, state and federal investigators resulted in 35 arrests. The sting, dubbed “Operation Home Alone,” targeted people seeking minors online for sexual relations. The suspects, ranging between 19 and 65 years of age, are from Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Manatee…
A Bradford County Sheriff’s Office jail corrections officer who was arrested two weeks ago on allegations he sexually battered a child was re-arrested last week on 12 new counts including child pornography charges. According to a Bradford County Sheriff’s Office report, the new charges against the 59-year-old Starke man stem…
A 40-year-old Florida Atlantic University employee is accused of secretly filming other men with his iPhone while they urinated in campus bathrooms, then posting the videos to pornographic websites, according to Palm Beach County police. The university library staff member allegedly filmed the exposed genitals of 13 males as they…
A 24-year-old Hialeah woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with having sex with a 15-year-old boy, according to police. The woman was charged with two felonies, including lewd and lascivious battery on a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police claim the woman knew the victim as…
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has reported that they arrested a 50-year-old Bushnell paramedic after a raid of his home Wednesday apparently revealed dozens of illegal pornographic images. The man also allegedly confessed to molesting a 15-year-old. The man was charged with 12 counts of possession of child pornography and…
Four women were arrested last month in a prostitution sting at the La Quinta Hotel in Lake Mary. Authorities claim the women were arrested after offering sex for hundreds of dollars at the hotel, which is located just off Interstate 4. Undercover deputies apparently met the woman at the hotel…
FBI agents have charged a Pinellas County chef with federal child pornography charges after he allegedly admitted he made sexually explicit videos of a 3-year-old girl he was babysitting. The 27-year-old Dunedin man apparently sent online chat messages under his name that graphically describe “training” a 3-year-old to perform a…
The brother of the Hardee County sheriff has recently been charged with sexually abusing a young girl six years ago. The 62-year-old Zolfo Springs man was arrested Wednesday during a joint investigation by the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. According to the sheriff’s office,…
A Punta Gorda woman was arrested Sunday night on sexual battery charges after an alleged altercation in Port Charlotte from which she tried to escape by hiding in the trunk of a car. Detectives arrested the 34-year-old woman on charges of Sexual Battery, Felony Battery by Strangulation and Resisting Arrest…
A 33-year-old Marathon man was arrested Tuesday and charged with lewd or lascivious exhibition for allegedly masturbating in clear view of passengers on an Amtrak train. The man is accused of exposing himself in front of a young child during the alleged incident. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office was called…