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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A South Florida antheral is facing six felony charges aft Hollywood constabulary said helium had an 18-month intersexual narration with a teenage girl.
According to tribunal documents made nationalist connected Friday, authorities launched an probe aft household members confronted Ronald Edward Kent successful November arsenic helium was with the miss astatine Oak Lake Park astatine 3190 N. 56th Ave., wherever the girl, whose property was redacted from the report, told investigators they met betwixt 10 and 20 times for sex.
Police said Kent, 54, of Boynton Beach, would besides person enactment with the miss astatine the shuttered Serenity Oaks Addiction Treatment Center astatine 4200 SW 54th Court successful Dania Beach, utilizing the beds near astatine the abandoned facility.
Hollywood constabulary said successful its apprehension study that the Broward Sheriff’s Office, which patrols Dania Beach, is besides investigating Kent.
According to the report, Kent met the miss astatine Oak Lake Park successful 2023 arsenic helium was fishing. He struck up a speech with her and the 2 smoked marijuana together, it states. They past drove to a canal disconnected Old Griffin Road successful Dania Beach and engaged successful a enactment enactment for the archetypal time, constabulary said.
Police said they recovered grounds successful galore substance messages betwixt Kent and the girl, including ones that amusement helium knew she was underage.
The miss sent him a photograph of 1 of her breasts arsenic good arsenic a photograph of her vagina, the study states.
“Nice I similar that,” constabulary said the Hialeah-born Kent replied aft receiving the photos.
According to further apprehension reports, household members of the miss confronted Kent astatine Oak Lake Park connected Nov. 16, 2024.
As helium left, constabulary said they followed him to a location successful the 6000 artifact of Johnson Street and “punched him successful the caput and look aggregate times.”
Police said 1 of the relatives had called them and officers arrived arsenic they were connected apical of Kent, who said helium wanted to property charges.
Hollywood constabulary would aboriginal apprehension the relatives connected artillery and mendacious imprisonment charges. Local 10 News is not identifying them and Broward prosecutors aboriginal dropped the charges.
Kent is present the 1 charged pursuing his apprehension Tuesday. He’s facing idiosyncratic counts of unlawful intersexual enactment with a minor, lewd and lascivious molestation of kid betwixt 12 and 16, utilizing a machine to solicit a child, traveling to conscionable a insignificant arsenic good arsenic 2 counts related to the possession of kid intersexual maltreatment material.
As of Friday, records amusement helium was being held successful BSO’s Paul Rein Detention Facility successful Pompano Beach connected a $260,000 bond.
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