Whittel & Melton, LLC 352-369-5334 – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 48-year-old man accused of exposing himself at a Burger King in Ocala was charged Sunday with lewd and lascivious exhibition. A 12-year-old boy allegedly witnessed the man performing a sexual act at the restaurant. By the time the Ocala police arrived at the scene, the man [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 727-847-2299 – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys Police arrested a 29-year-old Clearwater man who apparently works at the Humane Society of Pinellas after allegedly receiving a tip about him keeping child pornography on his home computer and snapping photos of himself involved in sexual acts with his girlfriend’s dog, a pit-bull mix. Police [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 42-year-old Christian minister was sentenced to life in prison Monday for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy. Prosecutors claim the man befriended the child and his family in Georgia before moving to Sarasota. In Sarasota, the man apparently started a storefront church that had around [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that requires anyone to report known or suspected cases of child sex abuse on Friday. Following the charges brought against Jerry Sandusky, Florida’s victim advocates saw a need to correct the state’s child sex abuse reporting laws. [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Nate Webster was convicted Wednesday of four counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. The charges apparently involved the teenage daughter of a former assistant coach for the Cincinnati Bengals, whom Webster played for in 2004-05. According to reports, [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys Last July, two college students visiting from Bulgaria apparently discovered tiny cameras hidden throughout their Westchase, Florida apartment. Police claim these recording devices were hidden inside gadgets that resembled motion sensors and smoke detectors. The girls accused their employer, who also subleased them the apartment, [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 28-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was arrested Sunday after a witness allegedly saw the man having sex with a dog named Mimi. According to a police report, the witness apparently viewed the man penetrating the dog’s backside with his penis. The witness claims the dog [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 38-year-old man, who served about 17 years in federal prison on drug trafficking charges, was arrested in Brevard County Friday and charged with procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution and unlawful sexual activity with certain minors. He is accused of [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 55-year-old Jacksonville man was sentenced to 45 months in state prison and eight years of sex offender probation Wednesday following an ongoing investigation by multiple Northeast Florida agencies into online criminals targeting children The man was arrested April 29, 2011 during an undercover child [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 14-year-old Georgia boy was arrested Monday after he allegedly tried to sexually batter a hotel housekeeper while she was changing towels in his room at an International Drive hotel. He was charged with attempted sexual battery, false imprisonment and battery. The housekeeper claims she [...]