Sexual Offenses

BSO Uses Kiddie Porn Subpoena To Crack Political Blog

Prosecutor To Blog: Take Down That Transcript

The Pervert Next Door

Pompano Beach police are big into publicizing which of the city's residents are sexual predators. Don't you feel safe now?

Presumed Guilty

Shoddy police work. A hyperbolic press corps. Overzealous prosecutors. All part of the ruined life of accused pedophile Tom Tornatore.

Onstage Culeros

It´s about the haughtiness of the band

Will Bill O'Reilly Blame Rape Victims for Their Own Rapes At Palm Beach Event?

It might seem like a nice gesture, Fox News talking head hot-air balloon Bill O'Reilly speaking at an event in Manalapan for the It Happened to Alexa Foundation, a rape survivors advocacy group based in New York. But rape victims and anti-O'Reilly enthusiasts  are circulati ... More >>

O'Reilly Errand Boy Chases Bloggers Now

Amanda Terkel is the winner in the Blogger-Baiting-O'Reilly Sweepstakes, and she didn't even seem to try. The Think Progress blogger wrote this post after it was announced that Fox News idiot charmer Bill O'Reilly would be the guest speaker at a fundraiser in Manalapan for the It Happened to Alexa F ... More >>

Sen. Nan Rich Defends Bestiality Bill

Of all the thorny, polarizing, and controversial subjects that a state legislator must handle, Sen. Nan Rich probably didn't think she'd have to explain the logic behind a bill that makes bestiality illegal. And to be fair, she doesn't have to explain it to anyone -- everybody else, it seems, gets i ... More >>

Not in My Bus Stop

The new fad cities can't seem to resist — keeping sex offenders out of every nook and cranny.

Cybercreep

If all it took was rage, Jaemi Levine would single-handedly nail the guy who molested her teenaged daughter

Sex Tourism

These are the people in your neighborhood

A Devilish Deal

A high-profile judge long ago made a deal that freed the area's most heinous killer

The Widow and the Nurse, Part Two

When Bridget Garcia told police that her boss' son had raped her, they barely listened. This is her story.

The Unforgiven

Bryant Troville served out his sentence for his sexually violent acts. His prospects for freedom? Not good.

Assail on the Fun Ship

Carnival doesn't just neglect passengers who claim to be victims of sexual assault. It attempts to shut them up.

Fearless Prediction: Hollywood Will Soon Bring Anti-Sex-Offender Ordinance

Flickr User: Paul ThurlbyFor Hollywood pols, sex offender legislation is a low-hanging fruit that may prove temptingTo piggyback on a Fred Grimm column in the Herald and a Smashed Frog blog post -- as well as the article that started it all, in our sister paper -- I'll venture a prediction that rece ... More >>

Fugitive Accused of Child Rape Captured in Kentucky

Whitehead​Several weeks after his child sex abuse case was featured on America's Most Wanted, Roshard Whitehead of West Palm Beach was found in Lexington, Kentucky. And not a moment too soon, according to a report by WPBF, which says federal marshals found him living with four children.In mid-Janu ... More >>

Town of Palm Beach is Sex Offender Ghetto

Sex offender Epstein: A long way from Pahokee​Look at a map of zones where sex offenders are allowed to live in Palm Beach and Broward counties, and the picture bears a creepy resemblance to old-style European ghettos. A Broward task force took up the problem in July and found that a new proposal ... More >>

Bike-Riding, Guilt-Ridden Rape Suspect Makes Easy Target for Broward Deputies

Eduardo Josue Ortizromero, an 18-year-old suspected of raping two women, aged 18 and 25, has been arrested by Broward Sheriff's Office deputies in Dania Beach. Judging by the news release, he made it easy for cops and prosecutors -- riding the bike associated with one rape and then giving a quick c ... More >>

Florida to Sex Offenders: Hold the Reese's

This Halloween, it's lights out for sex offenders​Sex offenders in Florida are off the hook this year: They won't have to spend a fortune at Target on plastic pumpkins, corn-sheaves, and fake spiderwebs. They can keep all the Reese's Pieces for themselves. The Florida Department of Corrections sa ... More >>

Registered Sex Offender Finds That a Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss

Ronald Murphy​In what appears to be a form-letter notice, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office yesterday announced that "a declared sexual predator, Ronald Earl Murphy... is now residing at Transient, Delray Beach, FL." Transient is not the name of a hip new boutique hotel on Atlantic Avenue. It ... More >>

Sex Offender Murphy Benched in Delray

Ronald Murphy, getting ready to bed down in Delray​We wrote about sex offender Ronald Murphy last week here and here, a man released from prison in September after serving 13 years on a rape conviction, and stuck in limbo ever since.Murphy's home is currently a bench outside the Delray Beach Flori ... More >>

Benched Delray Sex Offender Off the Bench

Ronald Murphy​In the last few weeks, we've brought you the story of Ronald Murphy, the convicted rapist forced to sleep on a bench outside his parole officer's building in Delray Beach. (You can read some background here, here, and here.)Well this week Murphy moved from his bench to a new address ... More >>

Boynton Beach Police Release Names of Those Charged in Platinum Showgirls Case

Flickr: nightride​Stephanie Slater, spokeswoman for the Boynton Beach Police Department, just sent across a list of the people charged in connection with alleged crimes at Platinum Showgirls gentleman's club. It's a long list, and it starts with the owners, who face the severest penalties:Matt Bar ... More >>

Registered Sex Offender Betrayed by What Was Supposed to Be a 15-Year-Old Girl

Photo courtesy Fort Lauderdale PoliceDavid Forget​Just slap on those handcuffs. His name may be David R. Forget, but he remembers this drill. According to police, the registered sex offender who lived in Plantation believed -- truly believed -- that when he arrived at their meeting place, he would ... More >>

Car Alarm Leads Lauderdale Burglary to Escalate to Sexual Assault

Javerros Wright​The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is reporting that a man broke into a woman's car early this morning. After the woman came outside to investigate the alarm, the thief sexually assaulted her, say police.Javerros Wright, 22, was arrested in connection with the incident, which oc ... More >>

Palm Beach Child Pornographers Brandon and David Deyo: Like Father, Like Son?

Dr. Jill Levenson says sexually deviant behavior can be learned.​Capturing the Deyos In 2003, District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley sentenced David Deyo, 43, in a Palm Beach County courtroom to a whopping 17½ years in prison. Deyo hadn't murdered or kidnapped anybody; he hadn't robbed a bank at gunpo ... More >>

He Really Is a Saint!

Dr. Jill Levenson says sexually deviant behavior can be learned.​Capturing the Deyos In 2003, District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley sentenced David Deyo, 43, in a Palm Beach County courtroom to a whopping 17½ years in prison. Deyo hadn't murdered or kidnapped anybody; he hadn't robbed a bank at gunpo ... More >>

Where the Wild Things Are: A Sex Offender's "Island" in West Broward

Photo: Florida Department of Law EnforcementRandy Young​Where's a sex offender to live in South Florida? Well, judging by the restrictive policies in Broward cities, they should live somewhere else. They just didn't plan on a GPS-wielding sleuth like Randy Young, a former sex offender who places h ... More >>

Lauderdale Police Make Child Porn Bust

Frank Richardson​A man who lives at 701 SW 18th Court in Fort Lauderdale has been charged with possession of child pornography after investigators found more than 100 videos and images on his computer that showed children being sexually abused.According to the release by Fort Lauderdale police, Fr ... More >>

Florida's Eight Most Wanted Sexual Predators

Photo: FDLEEnrique Soto​It takes an especially brutal sex crime to qualify a sex offender as a "predator." The Florida Department of Law Enforcement currently lists eight sexual predators who have absconded -- meaning they're not living at the address in the sex offender registry. Based on th ... More >>

PBSO Launches New Program to Manage Sex Offenders, Not Just Exile Them

Professor Jill Levenson says not all sex offenders are alike.​In a world where residency restrictions exile convicted sex offenders to live under bridges and on park benches, a glimmer of sanity has emerged. Working with psychology professors at Lynn University, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Off ... More >>

The "I Was Raped Too!" Election Scandal

Facebook.comBenacquisto's new ad comes days before the election.​Just in time for Halloween, the campaign for a Palm Beach County state Senate seat has reached a gruesome low.The contest in District 27 is between Lizbeth Benacquisto (R-Wellington) and Kevin Rader (D-Delray Beach). And this week, B ... More >>

Is Reality Kings' Porn Star Bieyanka Moore Only 15 Years Old?

This girl is a porn star. She might also be 15.​Brickell-based porn company Reality Kings might have a lawsuit on their hands. Miami New Times reported this morning that their current starlet, a lovely lady named Bieyanka Moore, might be only 15.That's right -- very illegal.So how did this all com ... More >>

Trial of Alleged "Demonically Possessed" Rapist and Tag-Teaming Brother Ends in Hung Jury

Broward Sheriff's OfficeGuy Cherubin (left) and Harold Cherubin​A new trial will be scheduled next week after a jury couldn't decide whether 34-year-old Guy Cherubin and 32-year-old Harold Cherubin kidnapped a Fort Lauderdale woman and raped her in 2006.The men are accused of forcing the woman int ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Motel Owner Finds Out His Building Is Home to 24 Perverts -- Now It's Not

arrogantatheist.comDon't invite the Sun-Sentinel to your next pervert party.​The Sun-Sentinel sure knows how to ruin a pervert party.The paper had been working on a story detailing how hard it is for sex offenders to find a place to live in South Florida when it noticed that 24 registered sexual d ... More >>

Marcelo Riveros, West Palm Beach Kiddie Rapist, Gets Life in the Hoosegow

PBSOChild rapist Marcelo Riveros​Marcelo Riveros -- a Palm Beach man convicted of raping a young girl "a lot" over several years -- was sentenced yesterday to life in prison, plus an extra 25 years just in case.Riveros, 41, was arrested in March 2009 after the girl and her mother went to the cops ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Ultrasound Tech Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting a Patient During Exam

pregnancycheck.com​Ivo Diaz, a former ultrasound technician at Fort Lauderdale's Holy Cross Hospital, pleaded guilty late last week to sexually assaulting a woman while she was undergoing an ultrasound in 2009.Diaz, now 43, will serve five years in prison and 12 years of sex-offender probation ... More >>

West Palm Pedophile Gets 40 Years in the Pen for Letting the Cops Know He Molests Kids

Florida Department of Law EnforcementPedophile Allen Mark Levinson​Allen Mark Levinson likes molesting kids so much that even with a previous conviction for aggravated sexual abuse, he decided to let the cops know again -- in a chatroom called "dadanddaughtersex" -- that he molested his daughter t ... More >>

Cops Serve Warrant on Kiddie Porn Suspect and Find Him, of Course, Downloading Kiddie Porn

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeClaudio Vindal, who's "very knowledgeable" with computers.​Police served a warrant Thursday at Claudio Vidal's Boca Raton apartment, suspecting he'd been downloading child pornography.Sure enough, the cops walked in and found Vidal's computer screen on and mid ... More >>

Marcus McFadden Got in Woman's Car at Red Light, Tried to Rape Her -- He's Going to Prison

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeMarcus McFadden​After hopping into a woman's car at a red light and trying to rape her in Delray Beach in 2009, Marcus Christian McFadden is headed to prison.For his 31st birthday yesterday, McFadden received a 30-year prison sentence from a Palm Beach County judg ... More >>

Cliff Reynolds Sent Undercover Cop Loads of Child Porn and Asked Him to Ejaculate in a Cup

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeCliff Reynolds​Cliff W. Reynolds -- who went by "peter_rabbit57" in Yahoo! chat rooms -- spent about five months talking dirty and sending kiddie porn to an undercover Boynton Beach cop over the web.That kiddie porn part is why Reynolds was sentenced yesterday to ... More >>

SlutWalk South Florida Hitting the Streets in Early 2012

Facebook​The SlutWalk movement is finally coming to South Florida.SlutWalk South Florida has started to develop its online presence, hand out fliers, and begin planning demonstrations to curb sexual assaults and the blame sometimes associated with sexual-assault victims.There's no precise date set ... More >>

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Releases New Sketch of Serial Rapist

PBSOSuspected serial rapist​The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has released a new sketch of the "very violent" serial rapist police believe has sexually assaulted five women between July 2009 and September 2011.The sheriff's office connected the most recent attack from September 23 to the seri ... More >>

Andre Beadle, Publix Security Guard, Scores a Third Sexual Battery Accusation

Broward Sheriff's OfficeAndre Miguel Beadle​Andre Miguel Beadle -- a 35-year-old security guard at a Fort Lauderdale Publix grocery store arrested last week after allegedly sexually assaulting two women during their first dates with the man -- has landed another allegation of sexual battery. Beadl ... More >>

Broward Sex Offenders Get a Pre-Halloween Visit From Probation Officers -- 16 Arrested

theblogulator.com...with a samurai sword.​There are some people you'd rather not have your kids approach for candy on Halloween -- like a registered sex offender with a 3 1/2-foot samurai sword.That's probably why probation officers and cops went and checked on some South Broward sex offenders bef ... More >>

Cops Say Stephen Saftler Kept an 800-Image Kiddie-Porn Gallery on His Work Computer

Broward Sheriff's OfficeStephen Saftler​Downloading child pornography anywhere isn't the greatest idea, but at the workplace -- c'mon, man.Still, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department says that's what 62-year-old Stephen Saftler's been doing, as they served a warrant at his workplace in Sunrise ye ... More >>

Brandon Deyo, Son of Clown/Kiddie Porn Collector, Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeBrandon Deyo​Brandon Deyo, the son of David Deyo -- also known as "Noodles the Clown," who's currently serving a 17-year prison sentence for his child-pornography collection -- pleaded guilty today to possessing his own kiddie-porn stash.Brandon Deyo, 25, was an A ... More >>

Florida Is Number Three in the Nation! (In Registered Sex Offenders)

​For what it's worth, there are only two states in the nation with more registered sex offenders than Florida.Florida's 57,896 sex criminals puts the Sunshine State behind only California (106,216) and Texas (68,529), and even though Florida's population is about 400,000 less than New York's, the ... More >>