Category Archives: Jacksonville

Florida Cyber-Sex Sting Lawyers :: Jacksonville Man Sentenced to 3 ½ Years in Prison Following Undercover Child Cyber-Sex Crime Investigation

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 [...]

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Jacksonville Sex Crimes Lawyers :: Family Dollar Store Manager Charged with Sexual Battery against Customer

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A manager at a Family Dollar Store in Jacksonville, Florida was arrested today for allegedly forcing himself on a customer. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, a woman shopping inside the store needed to use the bathroom, but apparently was not allowed to do so. [...]

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Jacksonville Sex Crimes Lawyers :: Woman Accused of Selling Her 6-Year-Old Daughter for Sex

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 39-year-old Jacksonville Beach mother was being held in Columbus, Ga., Saturday, awaiting extradition to Jacksonville after allegedly trading her 6-year-old daughter for drugs. Police claim the woman sold her daughter to two men in Jacksonville Beach, Florida in exchange for crack cocaine. Police issued [...]

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Jacksonville Lewd and Lascivious Defense Lawyers Whittel & Melton :: Police Sketch Leads to Arrest of Man Accused of Felony Sex Crime L&L

A 24-year-old man living on Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida made his first court appearance on Thursday after being charged with three counts of lewd or lascivious exhibition where the victim was 16 or younger and one count of exposing sexual organs in public. Police apparently tracked the man down based off a tip [...]

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Jacksonville, FL Sex Crimes Defense Lawyers Whittel & Melton :: Former Jacksonville Teacher Heading to Prison for Sex Case Involving Student

A former Jacksonville, Florida fifth-grade teacher pleaded guilty Thursday in a sex case involving a student she tutored in math and counseled at church. The 40-year-old mother will spend 13 months in state prison for one count of unlawful sexual activity with a victim who is 16 or 17. School officials said the victim was [...]

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Jacksonville, FL Sex Crimes Defense Attorneys Whittel & Melton :: Sexual Battery :: Sex Offender Accused of Inappropriately Touching Girl

A 37-year-old registered sex offender was arrested Wednesday evening for allegedly fondling a victim older than 12 at her St. Johns County, FL home. According to reports, the man supposedly left the girl’s home before she told her father about the alleged incident; he then called the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office to report the [...]

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St. Augustine, FL Internet Sex Sting Defense Attorneys Whittel & Melton :: 17 Men Arrested in Undercover Computer Sex Crimes Operation

A school teacher, two military men, a former Department of Corrections employee, a janitor and a bank teller were just a few of the 17 men arrested on May 4 in an undercover sex trap called “Operation Sheepdog” conducted by the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The undercover officers performed what has [...]

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Jacksonville, FL Prostitution Defense Attorney :: St. Augustine Man accused of Having Sex with Teenage Prostitute

A 39-year-old St. Augustine, Florida man was arrested Friday in Ocoee for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old prostitute in an elementary school parking lot. The arresting officer was doing a routine check of the school just after midnight and supposedly spotted the man’s car with its lights off and a young teen nude from [...]

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Jacksonville, Florida Sex Crimes Defense Attorney :: Police Use Technology to Capture Alleged “Peeping Tom”

Jacksonville, FL police arrested a 44-year-old man, who allegedly hid in a bathroom stall at the Southpoint Marriott hotel and watched vulnerable women for almost half an hour, using GPS technology. According to police, the man cannot deny the fact that he was there. The man, who is on probation for prior voyeurism convictions, wears [...]

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Jacksonville, Florida Sexual Battery Attorney :: Duval County Assistant Track Coach and Security Guard at High School Arrested in Sex Crime

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested a Baldwin Middle-Senior High School assistant track coach and security guard on April 21, 2011 for sexual battery after the victim’s mother discovered inappropriate text messages on her child’s cell phone. The arrest report does not show the victim’s name, age or sex. The coach was hired in November as [...]

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