Monthly Archives: June 2012

Whittel & Melton St. Petersburg 727-847-2299 – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 23-year-old volunteer youth leader with the St. Petersburg Boys & Girls Club was arrested Tuesday for allegedly attempting to seduce a 14-year-old girl through sexually explicit text messages. The St. Petersburg man faces two felony charges. St. Petersburg police officers claim the man “groomed” [...]

Whittel & Melton Ocala 352-369-5334 – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 66-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after being found guilty of child molestation in late April. The man was accused of forcing a girl to engage in sexual acts with him in Anthony, Florida in 2008. The girl’s uncle allegedly became suspicious [...]

Whittel & Melton Orlando 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 39-year-old former luxury suite manager for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has been sentenced to just over 10 years in prison for arranging to have sex with a 14-year-old Clermont girl. The man was one of 33 people arrested in an undercover sex sting last [...]

Whittel & Melton 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 31-year-old Port St. Lucie middle-school teacher faces up to life in prison after being convicted of one count of online enticement of a minor and five counts of possession of child pornography. He was arrested in Kissimmee in January in an Osceola County Sheriff’s Office Internet sex [...]

Whittel & Melton Orlando 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 46-year-old teacher at a Winter Park Christian school, and an Episcopalian priest assisting a church in Winter Springs and the father of two children was arrested Friday after he allegedly went to meet what he believed was a minor for sex. Deputies claim the [...]

Whittel & Melton Inverness 352-726-0078 – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A former Citrus County deputy sheriff was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement earlier this month on an active 5th Judicial Circuit warrant charging him with two counts of sexual battery on a child older than 12 years of age. According to Sumter County [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 22-year-old Pembroke Pines martial arts instructor is facing criminal charges after police claim he had sex with an underage girl. The man was arrested Wednesday and charged with five counts of Lewd or Lascivious Battery, two counts of Lewd or Lascivious Molestation and two [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A former Charlotte County Sheriff’s Deputy has been charged with possession of child pornography following an online investigation. According to the criminal complaint, from April 26, 2012 through June 5, 2012, a task force agent conducted an Internet investigation under Project Safe Childhood targeting any [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A Naples doctor was arrested Friday on charges of child pornography after Collier County investigators allegedly found child pornography files offered for distribution from his internet IP address. Comcast apparently confirmed the IP address belonged to the doctor and a search of his home was [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 352-264-7800 – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 20-year-old Gainesville man accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl he met through his 16-year-old sister was arrested and charged with lewd or lascivious battery on a person under 16 on Friday night. The man apparently told an officer that he had [...]