ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two men were arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into the sexual abuse of two juvenile victims, both 11 years old.<\/p>\n
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office (SLCSO) said on Oct. 17, a School Resource Deputy (SRD) assigned to a local elementary school was alerted to a disturbing incident involving a fifth-grade student. The student reportedly showed another child an explicit image on their phone while riding the school bus. Upon further inquiry, the juvenile disclosed being a victim of sexual abuse by an adult. The incident did not occur on school property.<\/p>\n
The victim also identified another student who may have been similarly victimized. This prompted an immediate investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division (CID).<\/p>\n
Following extensive interviews with both young victims, detectives identified two adult suspects:<\/p>\n
Tayler DiFrancesco, 19, of Vero Beach, was arrested for:<\/p>\n
Two counts of Sexual Battery by an Offender 18 or Older on a Victim Under 12One count of Lewd or Lascivious ConductTwo counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor<\/p>\n
DiFrancesco was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail and remains incarcerated with no bond.<\/p>\n
See also: FAA implements year-round flight restrictions around Mar-a-Lago, impacting Palm Beach Co.<\/a><\/p>\n Arthur Douglas Brown, 20, of Fort Pierce, was arrested on October 20 for:<\/p>\n Two counts of Sexual Battery by an Offender 18 or Older on a Victim Under 12One count of Lewd or Lascivious ConductTwo counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor<\/p>\n Brown is also being held in the St. Lucie County Jail without bond.<\/p>\n Due to the sensitive nature of the case and the ages of the victims, no further details are being released at this time, according to the SLCSO. <\/p>\n This remains an active and ongoing investigation. Anyone with additional information is urged to contact Detective Rodrigues at the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office Criminal Investigations Division at (772) 462-3260.<\/p>\n Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day’s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> for the biggest stories and can’t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two men were arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4864,6041,4063,12498,1598,171,173,172,12499,12497,1402],"class_list":{"0":"post-14430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-child-abuse","10":"tag-criminal-investigation","11":"tag-juvenile-victims","12":"tag-law-enforcement","13":"tag-port-st-lucie","14":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","15":"tag-port-st-lucie-news","16":"tag-school-incident","17":"tag-sexual-abuse","18":"tag-st-lucie-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14430","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=14430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}