A recent article from the Associated Press highlights the growing number of people being placed on sex offender registries all over the country. According to the report, there are more than 800,000 people on registries in the United States. Their crimes vary from relatively minor indecent exposure charges to serious…
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Another traveler sex sting for Duval County
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with multiple other law enforcement agencies in Florida, has made several arrests connected to an internet/traveler sting. According to an article in The Florida Times Union, four men have been arrested this week on sex charges in Jacksonville. This is the tail-end of the…
University of Florida football player intervenes in alleged sexual battery
A man is in jail in Gainesville, Florida after a Florida football player intervened in an alleged sexual assault on an intoxicated woman. According to an article on KTLA 5 news, the football player was working security at a local bar and noticed the man and woman touching near a…
Jacksonville teenagers’ sex charges reduced to misdemeanors
Three local young men are not going to be considered sex offenders or even felons after the State Attorney’s Office reduced their Duval County sex charges to misdemeanors. According to an article in The Florida Times Union, the three were arrested in early April on charges of lewd and lascivious…
Sex trial on track for Bill Cosby
Based on allegations in Pennsylvania, Bill Cosby will face trial for sexual assault. According to an article in the Washington Post, the criminal judge in Cosby’s case issued a ruling that the prosecutors in his case had enough evidence to submit his case to a jury. Even though Cosby has…
Orange Park resident arrested on Clay County sex battery and computer harassment charges
A man from Clay County has been accused of raping an incapacitated woman and subsequently posting pictures of the woman online. According to an article in the Florida Times Union, the man knew the woman before the alleged incident, which police are saying occurred this past New Year’s Eve. The…
Local educator arrested on Duval sex charge
A Fletcher High School teacher was arrested for unlawful sexual activity with certain minors this week. According to a report in The Florida Times Union, the teacher is accused of having sexual contact with a girl who is either sixteen or seventeen years-old. Police allege that the two had intercourse…
JSO officer charged with theft charges, but will not face sex charges in Duval County
A Jacksonville police officer is facing several criminal charges stemming from separate alleged incidents. According to a report in the Florida Times Union, the officer of fourteen years is charged with grand theft, petit theft and official misconduct in Duval County. Those charges are pending after allegations that the officer…
Sexual battery trial set for Duval County man
A Jacksonville man accused of a heinous sex crime will be judged by a jury of his peers this coming August. According to a report on news4jax.com, the man is accused of raping a woman who was pushing her child in a stroller in Bartram Park in February. A warrant…
St. Johns County resident caught up in “Operation April Fools” sex sting
A man from Ponte Vedra Beach, along with seventeen others, was arrested on various sex charges in Polk County recently. According to a report in on First Coast News, Polk County initiated Operation April Fools, which is a sting to catch sex predators. Detectives posed as minors, or guardians of…