An Allegation of Rape On the Sands of Flagler Beach, But Beyond That, Mostly...
A 26-year-old woman reported being raped the morning of Oct. 14 somewhere between South 4th and South 9th Streets, but evidence and alcohol-blurred memories are scant. The post An Allegation of Rape On...
View ArticleFor Some Victims, Reporting a Rape Can Bring Doubt, Abuse — and Even Prosecution
There are many reasons for women to think twice about reporting sexual assault. But one potential consequence looms especially large: They may also be prosecuted. The post For Some Victims, Reporting a...
View ArticleSex Offender Arrested on Rape and Kidnapping Charges in Attack Extending...
Obtravies Watkins, 33, of Palm Coast and Daytona Beach, a felon and sex offender with a long record, is accused of kidnapping a woman in Volusia and raping her there and in Palm Coast. The post Sex...
View ArticleInvestigation and Officials Detail Ordeal in Alleged Rape Case That Ended Off...
Obtravies Watkins, a 34-year-old registered sexual offender, faces attempted murder, rape and kidnapping charges after the alleged brutalization of a 25-year-old woman found naked and pleading for help...
View ArticleMatanzas High School Girl Reports Being Raped By Another Juvenile at Her Home
An investigation is ongoing into the allegation of a rape of a 16-year-old girl after the alleged perpetrator asked to meet the girl to "catch up." The post Matanzas High School Girl Reports Being...
View ArticleFamily Life Center Takes Over New But Familiar, More Visible Space: ‘We’re...
The administrative offices of Flagler County's shelter for victims of rape and domestic violence moved to where the sheriff's detective bureau used to be on State Road 100. The post Family Life Center...
View ArticlePalm Coast Man Faces Rape Charge, Allegedly ‘Testing’ If Girlfriend Had Been...
D'Marcus Boyd, a 24-year-old Palm Coast resident, is at the Flagler County jail on $127,500 bond on accusations that he broke into a P-Section house and raped his girlfriend. The post Palm Coast Man...
View Article6-Year-Old Girl Is Baker Acted From Old Kings Elementary; Palm Coast Man...
The 6 year old's Baker Act is the second time in two weeks that a young child was Baker Acted from an elementary school in Flagler. Separately, Andrew J. Vasquez, a 23-year-old resident of 56 Filbert...
View ArticleFlorida State University’s Rape Problem: Football First, Morals Later
The Jameis Winston revelations are one more reminder of just how far universities and their apologists are willing to go to protect the multibillion-dollar enterprise that we call “college sports.”...
View ArticleShaun Whitt of Palm Coast Is Sentenced to Life in Prison For Serial Rapes of...
Shaun Whitt, formerly of Palm Coast's F-Section, would assault the girl in her bedroom for more than two years after she turned 11, after her mother would go to work. He denied the allegations. The...
View ArticleFacebook “Relationship” Status Between Man, 21, and 15-Year-Old Palm Coast...
Tavarez Calloway met the girl at the Flagler County Fair then was allowed to move in when he had no other place to go, as long as the cpouple did not date, according to what a parent told police. The...
View ArticleFamily Life Center Appoints Jodi Lodolce and Laura Perkins to Board; Seeking...
The two new members join an 11-member board. The Family Life Center is seeking two additional board members. Those interested should contact Trish Giaccone at 386/437-7747. The post Family Life Center...
View Article39-Year-Old Palm Coast Man Accused of Raping “Physically Impaired” Woman, 21
The case rests on DNA evidence tying Gavin to semen from a rape kit the alleged Palm Coast victim completed two days after the incident, the details of which she does not recall. The post 39-Year-Old...
View ArticleInvestigated for Stalking, Man Is Accused of Raping 15-Year-Old Palm Coast...
James Russell Brink, 25, is being held at the Flagler County jail on $100,000 bond and is accused of traveling from Virginia to have sex with a 15-year-old Palm Coast girl he'd previously been accused...
View ArticleAn 18-Year-Old Woman Is Charged With Rape After Sex With Boy, 15, in Public...
A Flagler Sheriff's deputy noticed a van rocking back and forth in the public library parking lot on Palm Coast Parkway. The boy's mother was summoned and asked for charges against 18-year-old...
View ArticleFlagler Beach Mother Pleads Guilty In Minor Daughter’s Rape as Boyfriend...
Allegations against Rhonda Wilkerson, 50, and boyfriend William Dillow, 28, tell an account of two young girls in the grips of harrowing brutality, torture, sadism, lies and threats over several months...
View ArticleJames McDevitt Pleads Guilty as Charged of Rape, May Face Up to Life in...
By pleading guilty, James McDevitt hopes to avoid life in prison had the case gone to trial. He'll be sentenced in late May. The June 2013 incident took place in an isolated lot in Flagler Beach, but...
View ArticleThe Inappropriate Commissioner Kim Carney
Flagler Beach Commission Chairman Marshall Shupe apologized to residents tonight on behalf of the commission for vile remarks Commissioner Kim Carney had made in the context of a rape case involving a...
View Article19-Year-Old Palm Coast Man Accused of Raping Underage Girl Passed Out at a Party
William Demetrious Kitts, a resident of Pine Ash Lane in Palm Coast, is accused of raping a girl who'd become heavily intoxicated at a U-Section party on April 17, and had passed out in a bedroom. The...
View ArticleBehind Friday’s McDevitt Sentencing For Rape, the 911 Call That Told a...
Published here for the first time, the 9-minute 911 call from Rob Tier described what Tier, a Flagler Beach pastor, at one point termed a rape as the dispatcher repeatedly kept him from intervening....
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