Category Archives: Tallahassee

A 66-year-old man convicted of lewd and lascivious molestation of a 13-year-old boy in May was sentenced to 40 years in prison by a Leon County, FL circuit judge Wednesday following a hearing for a new trial. The judge dismissed a motion for a new trial even after the alleged victim supposedly wrote a statement [...]

Tallahassee Police arrested a 63-year-old man last week and charged him with three counts of using a computer service to solicit sex from a minor. The man allegedly contacted an undercover investigator masquerading as a minor during a May 2011 undercover sex sting operation, which was aimed at targeting Internet predators. According to police, the [...]

Tallahassee police arrested a 64-year-old University of Florida computer research analyst at UF’s Quincy, Florida Research and Education Center on Thursday for promoting and attempting to promote the sexual performance of a child, child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The man allegedly runs an exotic dancing service and was arrested on [...]

Tallahassee police arrested a former FSU linebacker on Monday for his second arrest in less than two years. He allegedly sexually assaulted a Tallahassee woman and supposed girlfriend and then threatened suicide. He was charged with sexual battery and is being held on a $25,000 bond. The woman was allegedly raped multiple times Friday evening [...]

A bill to reduce “sexting” penalties for minors was passed by the Florida House on Friday. This bill would make a first violation a non-criminal offense, a second a misdemeanor and a third a felony. The new bill would allow a minor who receives a pornographic image the chance to report it to police, parents [...]