Category Archives: Sexual Assault

Naples Sex Crimes Lawyers :: Ex-Deputy Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teen in Mall Restroom Heads to Trial in January

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crime Attorneys The trial for a former Collier County sheriff’s deputy charged with lewd and lascivious battery of a person between 12 and 16 has been set for Jan. 9. The 52-year-old ex-deputy is accused of forcing a 15-year-old boy to engage in sex acts in a [...]

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Naples, FL Sex Crimes Defense Lawyers Whittel & Melton :: Golden Gate Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Molestation

A 23-year-old Golden Gate, Florida man accepted a plea bargain last week for life in prison on one count each of Sexual Battery and Molestation of a Child Younger than 12. The man was arrested in 2009 after he was accused of inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl under her underwear on two separate occasions. The [...]

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New Port Richey, FL Rape Defense Attorneys Whittel & Melton :: Former Jail Guard Found Not Guilty of Rape in Pasco County

A 45-year-old former Hernando County, Florida detention officer was acquitted of rape in Pasco County, Florida on Wednesday. The man was arrested in 2009 on a sexual battery charge involving a 39-year-old woman. According to the St. Petersburg Times, the woman told police the man invited her to his home and sexually assaulted her. The [...]

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Ocala – Gainesville Sex Crimes Defense Attorneys Whittel & Melton :: Suspect Arrested in Marion County Serial Rape Case Says Police Have Wrong Man

A 37-year-old Ocala, Florida man that was taken into custody Thursday morning in connection with a series of recent sexual assaults in Marion County said his arrest is a case of mistaken identity. He was arrested around 3 a.m. and charged with sexual battery and kidnapping. The man is accused of committing several violent sexual assaults starting in [...]

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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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Gainesville, Florida Sex Crimes Defense Lawyer :: Former City Commissioner Candidate arrested for Sex Crime

The Alachua County Sherriff’s Office arrested Oswald “Ozzy” Angulo, 30, on election day for sexual assault. He was arrested around 9 p.m. on Tuesday at his home for an alleged incident that happened in July at a woman’s home with the woman and one of her friends. According to the Gainesville Sun, the woman told [...]

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Zephyrhills, Florida Sex Crimes Defense Attorney :: Pasco County Man Accused of Impregnating a Child

The Zephyrhills Police Department arrested a 47-year-old man charging him with sexual assault on a child under 18. He allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl over a five-month time frame resulting in the girl’s pregnancy. Deputies said the girl terminated her pregnancy at three months. A police report confirms that DNA test results show the Zephyrhills [...]

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