Articles Posted in Sex Crimes in Jacksonville

A Clay County sheriff’s deputy was fired last week, immediately after his arrest on a rape charge. A woman told police about the alleged assault that happened March 8. Two days later, Deputy Jacob Middleton, 26, was arrested and fired, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Very few details on the case were…

A finding by a Jacksonville jury this week proves again that Jacksonville sex crimes are handled completely differently than any other crime in the state of Florida. William Larimore was set to be released after serving 18 months for failing to registered as a sex offender, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. But…

Admit your mistakes, do your time and get on with your life, right? Not so with Florida sex crimes, especially those involving teen-agers. Former Jacksonville pastor Darrell Gilyard is now learning that, according to reports in the Florida Times-Union. Gilyard was released last month after serving three years in prison for groping a teen during…

The behind-the-scenes legal wrangling continues to unfold around a 12-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 2-year-old half-brother. The latest turn came last week when a judge denied a criminal defense motion to block the state from taking a new Jacksonville sex charge to the grand jury for a possible second…

Jerry Sandusky has been all over the news recently. He is accused of multiple child sex charges in Pennsylvania, but his case is very typical of sex cases. The public is quick to judge the accused based only on accusations. All most people have to hear is that there has been an accusation of a…

Victoria “Tori” Mussallem, our Jacksonville Sex Crimes Attorney, represented a client in trial on three sex crime charges in Jacksonville and our client was found NOT GUILTY. Our client, J.B., was arrested and charged with Lewd or Lascivious Molestation on a child under 12 years-old, Unlawful Sexual Contact with a Minor, and Lewd or Lascivious…

While they are usually smart people who go on to successful careers, college students do more than their share of stupid stuff. They blow off class. They start drinking in the early morning for late afternoon football games. They scale 6-foot fences and have sex in broad daylight on a picnic table next to a…

After weeks of suspicion, Jacksonville police arrested a 24-year-old man they say is the serial flasher that had been exposing himself to girls and women across town, First Coast News reports. Composites sketches had been plastered all over the news as the incidents escalated and the suspect confessed to police, the television station reported. He…

News4Jax.com is reporting that a former Chippendales dancer was arrested on Jacksonville Beach recently after allegedly fondling several girls. Aside from murder, sex crimes in Jacksonville are the most serious a person can face. In Florida, the penalties typically run from five years in prison to life in prison.Jacksonville sex crimes attorneys have defended alleged…

Victoria “Tori” Mussallem, our Jacksonville Sex Crime Attorney, conducted a trial recently for our client, R.S. R.S. was arrested for lewd and lascivious battery with a child under 16 years of age and showing pornography to a minor. He was facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted. R.S. is a 41 year-old man…