Articles Posted in Sex Crimes in Jacksonville

Clay County Police conducted a recent sting, or set-up, that has led to multiple sex related charges and arrests, according to an article in The Florida Times Union. Eleven total men were arrested at the beginning of March, some of them involved in law enforcement. The charges range from soliciting for prostitution to battery on…

A former teacher a Nease High School has been arrested for two sex crimes in St. Johns County, according to an article in the Florida Times Union. The physical education teacher, who is 28 years-old, is accused of having sexual contact with a 17 year-old student at her home two separate times. Even though the…

A Jacksonville man who is a registered sex offender is on the run, possibly still handcuffed. According to a report in the Florida Times Union, the man was at the Jacksonville Re-Entry Center trying to register as required by Florida law and the police discovered that he had failed to register sometime in the past.…

While Bill Cosby has certainly been accused by many women of sex charges, only one case to date has been filed. Cosby faces prosecution in Pennsylvania for allegedly giving the woman drugs without her consent and having sexual relations with her. Los Angeles prosecutors have recently decided not to charge the television star in two…

A St. Johns County man was arrested when police say he arrived to meet someone he thought was an underage girl for sex. Police said the man arranged the meeting online and detectives were waiting for him when he showed up, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The man is charged with travelling…

A female St. Johns County high school teacher has been arrested, accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student in one of her classes. The investigation began with a tip to school officials last month and the teacher was suspended, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Schools officials handed the…

Days after a school system report named three male former employees accused of having sex with students, one of the men was arrested and charged with a felony. The former part-time coach is accused with having a months-long sexual relationship with a high school senior and football manager who was 17 at the time the…

Police and prosecutors statewide are cracking down on sexual offenders and predators who are not complying with registration requirements. The targeted enforcement, dubbed by the cops as Operation Summer Heat, has already led to 42 arrests, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Of those arrests, five men live in Jacksonville and a sixth…

A St. Johns County man was arrested this week, the same day a child under the age of 12 told police they were molested by the man. Detectives interviewed the suspect the same day and then arrested him, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The man is now charged with two counts of…

A man from Jacksonville and another from St. Johns County were arrested last week, caught by undercover detectives who say they men were on their way to a sexual encounter with a child they believed to be under the age of 14. But the person they were accused of chatting with online and arranging to…