Category Archives: Pensacola

Pensacola, FL Sexual Assault Defense Attorneys Whittel & Melton :: Sex Offender Accused of Sexually Assaulting a 15-Year-Old Girl Extradited from Texas to Escambia Co.

A convicted sex offender was arrested in Texas over the weekend and extradited to Escambia County, Florida on charges of stabbing and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old Pensacola girl last month. The 41-year-old man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend’s 15-year-old daughter on July 28 after she allegedly refused his sexual advances. According to officials, the [...]

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Pensacola, FL Sex Crimes Defense Attorneys :: Indecent Exposure :: Middle School Principal Removed from Position Following his Arrest for Exposing himself to a Cop

A former middle school principal has been assigned to an administrative job with no contact with students or teachers following his arrest Thursday for allegedly exposing himself and masturbating to an undercover officer at a Pensacola park. The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that the 39-year-old man was spotted by a plainclothes detective on a [...]

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Pensacola, FL Child Internet Sex Trap Defense Lawyers Whittel & Melton :: 25 Men Accused of Arranging Sexual Encounters with Children Online in Escambia County, Florida

The Pensacola Cyber Sex Crime Attorneys at Whittel & Melton put in countless hours to protect the legal rights of those charged with sex offenses associated with undercover internet sex trap operations similar to Dateline NBC’s “To Catch A Predator.”  A slew of law enforcement officials in Pensacola, Florida arrested 25 men this month during [...]

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Navarre, Florida Sex Crimes Defense Attorney :: Santa Rosa County Camp Counselor Arrested for Sex Crime with a Juvenile

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested a Navarre man for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor under the age of 16. The victim supposedly told investigators that the man was a summer camp counselor at a recreation center in the area. According to police reports, the victim and the man [...]

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Panama City, Florida Sex Crimes Defense Attorney :: Bay County, FL Boy Arrested for Sex with a Child under 12-Years-Old

Bay County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 15-year-old juvenile on a charge of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under the age of 12. Police reports show that the victim supposedly shared that she was forced to have sex with the boy about 15 times to her school principal. The victim told the Bay [...]

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Pensacola, Florida Sex Crimes Attorney :: Milton Sex Offender Gets 40 Years Behind Bars for Lewd & Lascivious Behavior and VOP

An Escambia County, Florida court convicted a 40-year-old man of lewd or lascivious molestation, lewd or lascivious conduct and promoting a sexual performance by a child Tuesday.  He was sentenced to 107.25 months, or almost 9 years in Florida State Prison.  But the court wasn’t finished there. Additionally, the man was also sentenced on a [...]

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Panama City, Florida Sex Crimes Defense Lawyer :: 26 Arrested During a Weeklong Sex Offender Raid in Bay County

A multi-agency, weeklong sex offender sweep called “Operation Safe Child” resulted in the arrest of 26 people on a variety of charges.  Arrest warrants were also issued for an additional eight not residing at their registered address. From Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, authorities paid unannounced visits to 307 sexual offenders and sexual predators living [...]

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