Masseur accused of rubbing client …….. the wrong way June 16, 2013

A DNA test led to the arrest Wednesday of a Fort Lauderdale massage therapist accused of performing a sex act on a sleeping client, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.

Scott Lloyd Price, 55, was a massage therapist at the Center for Wellness, 4001 N. Ocean Drive in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, according to the arrest report.

The customer arrived for a massage Nov. 11 and told detectives that after dozing off, he awoke to find Price performing oral sex on him. The customer said he immediately flipped onto his stomach as Price left the room, the report stated.

The customer was taken to a sexual assault treatment center, where a DNA sample was taken. The sample was identified as the DNA of another man. Investigators subsequently obtained a DNA sample from Price, which matched the sample taken from the client, detectives said.

The arrest report did not make it clear whether Price is still employed at the center.

Mom Uses Target Ad To Help Cops Arrest Man Preying On Daughter June 12, 2013

St. Petersburg, Florida – A St. Petersburg mother hopes her story cautions parents to the dangers social media and sex predators.

Michael Jerome Bradley, 23, was arrested on Friday after being accused of trying to lure her daughter into having sex.

“I unlocked her phone and I discovered a grown man on Facebook trying to befriend her,” said the mother who identified herself only as Caroline to protect the identity of her daughter.

She told 10 News that her 11-year-old daughter defied her order and created a Facebook account- a decision that threatened to drop her squarely into the crutches of an alleged sex predator.

When her daughter signed up on the social media website back in May, she was reportedly contacted by Bradley, who said he wanted to have sex with her.

Caroline discovered her daughter was communicating with the man, called him and warned him to stop messaging the pre-teen, but Bradley allegedly would not stop.

Finally, when Bradley asked for a nude picture of the girl, Caroline decided to set-up a trap.

“I scrolled through the Target paper. I saw a girl in her bra, so I just grabbed my cell phone, took a picture of it and sent it to him,” she said.

In return, Caroline said Bradley sent nude photos to the person he thought was the girl, which was enough evidence for the St. Petersburg Police Department to make an arrest.

When asked how seeing something like that made her feel, Caroline told 10 News she was “very terrified,” before adding, “I just thank God that I got a hold of it when I did. I can only image how far things could have gone if I would not have got a hold of it.”

Bradley is being held at the Pinellas County Jail with a bail of $120,000. He was charged with eight counts of displaying obscene images to a minor and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.

Man accused of sexually assaulting teens and tattooing two of them during a camping trip May 29, 2013

A Pace man accused of providing alcohol to teenagers before sexually assaulting them and giving them tattoos during a camping trip in February was arrested Friday, authorities said.

Ramon Renfro, 38, allegedly abused the teens during their camping trip at Keyser Landing and Webb Landing in Chumuckla. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office said Renfro sexually assaulted the teens and gave tattoos to two of them. 

One of the tattoos had a barcode and the word “slave,” according to an arrest report. 

Renfro was arrested at his home in Pace on Friday. He is charged with battery, sexual assault, two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. 

He is in the Santa Rosa County Jail on $203,000 bond.

Woman bit boyfriend’s penis after he refused to have sex … Alittle horney? May 17, 2013

As Krystle M. Harrison and her boyfriend were lying in bed Wednesday evening,  the 19-year-old Bradenton woman began touching him, wanting to have sex, according to an arrest affidavit from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

The couple have been dating for about 3 years and have a child together, according to the arrest report.

After the beau turned Harrison down — several times — she grabbed him and bit his penis, the affidavit stated.

The boyfriend then pushed Harrison away and went outside, where she continued to argue with him and scratched his chest, the deputy reported.

The boyfriend refused to complete a sworn affidavit and told the deputy that he didn’t want to “press charges” against his girlfriend, who was then taken to the slammer.

Man offers kids candy, tells them to reach in his pocket, molests them April 30, 2013

New Port Richey, Florida – He’s dirty, disgusting and deviant, neighbors say.

A man described as being between his late fifties and early seventies is accused of the unthinkable – preying on children and molesting them.

This mystery molester lured two 9-year-olds, a boy and a girl, out of their front lawn and behind a vacant home in New Port Richey on Friday night around 8pm in the 6000 block of 9th Avenue.

He told the kids he wanted to “play a game.”

It all started with the promise of candy. In fact, sources say the molester told the kids to reach into his pocket.

The children live across the street from each other and were playing basketball when the man was stalking them, deputies say.

Neighbors, who are moms, couldn’t believe the news when they heard the news about the molester.

“This hits close to home,” Sylvia Spencer told 10 News.

Julie Roberts said, “Wow, wow. I don’t even have words.”

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has launched a manhunt for the molester who was seen driving a maroon SUV.

Detectives are hoping that someone knows who this molester is and will turn him in soon.

Man busted after acknowledging he molested child ……. on Facebook April 21, 2013

OCALA – A 36-year-old man arrested Thursday by an Ocala police detective for sexual battery on a child younger than 12 was arrested Friday by a Marion County Sheriff’s Office detective for another sexual offense on a different victim.

Ocala police said the victim in the first case, now a teenager, told an official at the Kimberly’s Center for Child Protection that when she was about 4 or 5 she was molested by Mark L. Franklin. In a Facebook chat with Franklin, she asked him about the incident and he told her he prayed for forgiveness and was no longer a monster and was now a better person, according to reports.

Detective Jorge Fernandez developed probable cause for Franklin’s arrest.

On Thursday, Officer Joe Kelly saw Franklin at a park in northwest Ocala and took him to the police department for questioning. Franklin told Fernandez about the Facebook posting but denied molesting the girl. Franklin was arrested and was taken to the Marion County Jail.

On Friday, MCSO Detective Bobby Levay charged Franklin with two counts of sexual battery stemming from a 2005 case in which Franklin allegedly molested a girl several times from when she was about 2 or 3 until she was in seventh grade. Levay said Franklin was about 14 or 15 at the time of the first reported incidents and that when the victim was in the seventh grade, he was about 26.

Franklin denied the allegations.

Police post ‘sexual predator’ road signs outside homes of convicted rapists and child molesters April 18, 2013

 

The sheriff of Bradford County, Florida, decided the reflective signs, which have each offender’s name, should be planted on the roadways outside the houses of convicted sexual predators to ward off children. The department already sends out notifications on Facebook and sends officers to warn neighbors door-to-door when a sexual predator moves in.

Accused stalker caught with his pants down in couple’s bedroom

A transient who had been showing up uninvited near an Oak Hill home was arrested after he was found in a bedroom with his pants down around his ankles trying to put on his shoes, Volusia deputies said.

Dwayne Cook, 45, of North Carolina, was arrested Tuesday and charged with stalking and burglary with assault or battery, an arrest report shows.

Deputies were called Tuesday at 4:28 p.m. by maintenance workers who saw Cook, with blood dripping down his face, enter a home at 109 Valencia Drive. A responding deputy looked through a window and saw Cook pacing back and forth inside the home. The homeowner allowed the deputy to enter the home to make contact with Cook, reports said.

The investigation revealed Cook had been at a Church Street home earlier in the day. The owners of the Church Street home said they came back from shopping and found Cook in the master bedroom of the residence bent over with his pants around his ankles trying to put on his shoes.

Erica Freeman, 25, said she and her husband, niece and aunt went to a nearby dollar store to shop. When they returned they found the door of the master bedroom, which they had left open, closed. Her husband, Cyle Freeman, 28, opened the bedroom door and found Cook with his pants down, the report said.

Cook slammed the bedroom door in Freeman’s face but Freeman pushed open the door and physically confronted Cook. The husband started punching Cook in the face forcing him to leap out of a window. Cook suffered a cut to the forehead, deputies said.

Deputies found blood drops in the bedroom and bed sheet, which Cyle Freeman said was from Cook, investigating deputies said.

Erica Freeman reported that for the last six months, Cook has appeared uninvited at her home and on one occasion she woke up to find Cook massaging her feet. Erica Freeman also told deputies she saw Cook standing in the woods outside the home watching her one day. Deputies were called but Cook was not found, investigators said.

Erica Freeman said she believed Cook’s “repeated actions are part of a perverted infatuation with her” and feared Cook’s actions would escalate, sheriff’s deputies said.

Man found naked on top of child April 16, 2013

WINTER  HAVEN, Fla. —A 22-year-old man was charged with sexual battery on a  victim under 12 after officials said he was found naked on top of the  victim.

Investigators said that on  Sunday the victim fell asleep and was awoken to Xavier Diaz on top of her with  his pants and boxer shorts down.

The victim was also naked  from the waist down and a caretaker was alerted to the incident when the victim  began crying, a release said.

Authorities said the  caretaker found Diaz on top of the girl and screamed for him to leave the room.   The caretaker immediately called police and the victim’s mother.

Diaz attempted to leave,  but was caught by Winter Haven police officers while driving a vehicle without a  proper tag, according to officers.  He is being held without bond in the Polk  County Jail on charges of sexual battery, driving with a suspended license and  failure to register a motor vehicle.

Sex offender charged with 102 counts of sexual battery, 55 counts of lewd and lascivious April 15, 2013

OSCEOLA  COUNTY, Fla. —A registered sex offender was arrested in Osceola County  over the weekend and charged in connection with sexual abuse of two  boys.

Investigators said they  were notified about a report from parents in St. Cloud that their children may  have been abused by 63-year-old Robert Grafton.

The parents said they met  Grafton several years ago when they all lived in the same motel in Kissimmee,  the news release said.

Grafton, who has been a  register sex offender in Osceola County since February 2011, would buy the  children clothing, give them money and bought them cellphones, according to  deputies.

Authorities said the  parents were unaware that Grafton was a sex offender.

The family was having  financial issues and lived with Grafton for a while at his St. Cloud home,  officials said.

According to a news  release, the parents recently noticed that their sons, ages 13 and 14, did not  want to have any contact with Grafton, and then a family friend notified them  that he was a sex offender.

The children told deputies  that they had been sexually battered by Grafton since August 2012, investigators  said.

Grafton is charged with  102 counts of sexual battery, 25 counts of lewd and lascivious battery and 30  counts of lewd and lascivious conduct.  He served 15 years in prison in Penn.  for a similar crime