Florida Homeless Man Accused of Molesting 6-Year-Old Girl at Hurricane Michael Emergency Shelter
A Florida homeless man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly sexually molested a six-year-old girl at a hurricane emergency shelter — and it was allegedly caught on tape.
John Stapleton allegedly assaulted the young girl at Davidson Middle School in Crestview where locals, including the 60-year-old homeless man, had sought shelter from Hurricane Michael.
According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, a witness told police that she watched a recording of the child being touched underneath her clothing.
Police looked at the video and spoke to Stapleton who admitted to touching the girl but denied it was in a “lewd manner,” according to a press release obtained by PEOPLE.
“The child was there with her family,” Michelle Nicholson, a public information officer with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office tells PEOPLE. “He was a homeless person who was evacuated to the shelter.”
Nicholson says Stapleton did not know the child or her family. “He was there not even a full day,” she says.
Stapleton has been charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under the age of 12.Nicholson says Stapleton did not know the child or her family. “He was there not even a full day,” she says.
Stapleton has been charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under the age of 12.
Source:Gladys Benson
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