{"id":109698,"date":"2026-01-07T23:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/109698\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T23:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:37:07","slug":"cyprus-man-arrested-for-alleged-child-crimes-after-port-st-lucie-police-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/109698\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus man arrested for alleged child crimes after Port St. Lucie police investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Port St. Lucie Police Department announced Wednesday that it arrested a man from Cyprus in connection with crimes against children.Adam Daniel Lea from Limassol, Cyprus, was arrested by local authorities after police say he was seeking out other adults with like-minded desires online and exchanging child sexual abuse materials.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsLea, 45, is accused of telling an undercover Port St. Lucie Police Department detective he abused a child for many years.U.S. Homeland Security Investigations worked with the police department to get legal orders to examine Lea\u2019s digital activities.After analyzing Lea\u2019s digital evidence, local authorities in Limassol got a search warrant for Lea\u2019s residence. The child was located and taken into a safe location, while Lea was taken in custody. \u201cWe are grateful for the collaboration with U.S. HSI Athens and local authorities, whose efforts ensured the child\u2019s safety,\u201d the Port St. Lucie Police Department said in a statement on Tuesday.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Port St. Lucie Police Department announced Wednesday that it arrested a man from Cyprus in connection with crimes against children.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Daniel Lea from Limassol, Cyprus, was arrested by local authorities after police say he was seeking out other adults with like-minded desires online and exchanging child sexual abuse materials.<\/p>\n<p>Your neighborhood: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/local-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lea, 45, is accused of telling an undercover Port St. Lucie Police Department detective he abused a child for many years.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Homeland Security Investigations worked with the police department to get legal orders to examine Lea\u2019s digital activities.<\/p>\n<p>After analyzing Lea\u2019s digital evidence, local authorities in Limassol got a search warrant for Lea\u2019s residence. The child was located and taken into a safe location, while Lea was taken in custody. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for the collaboration with U.S. HSI Athens and local authorities, whose efforts ensured the child\u2019s safety,\u201d the Port St. Lucie Police Department said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Port St. Lucie Police Department announced Wednesday that it arrested a man from Cyprus in connection with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[56085,56080,11452,56082,56079,56086,56081,56084,56083,675,56088,677,171,173,172,6551,5049,56087,189],"class_list":["post-109698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-adam-daniel-lea","tag-child-crime","tag-connection","tag-cyprus-man","tag-cyprus-man-arrested-for-alleged-child-crimes-after-port-st-lucie-police-investigation","tag-digital-evidence","tag-lea","tag-limassol","tag-local-authority","tag-local-coverage","tag-many-year","tag-neighborhood","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-residence","tag-search-warrant","tag-u-s-hsi-athens","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}