{"id":219068,"date":"2026-04-04T22:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219068\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T22:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:52:09","slug":"florida-man-arrested-on-200-felony-counts-after-deputies-find-him-with-15-year-old-girl-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219068\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man arrested on 200+ felony counts after deputies find him with 15-year-old-girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

THONOTOSASSA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Deputies say a Florida man was discovered with a 15-year-old, prompting a search that revealed 900 files of child and animal sexual abuse videos.<\/p>\n

The investigation began on March 15, when deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> responded to reports of suspicious activity at Oakridge Equestrian Park<\/a> in Thonotosassa.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, deputies say they located 46-year-old Justin Beyea with a 15-year-old victim in a vehicle together.<\/p>\n

See also: Video of unarmed Florida man’s arrest sparks outcry over police brutality, accountability<\/a><\/p>\n

Further investigation by detectives revealed he had been communicating with and meeting the teen for months, and had been exchanging explicit messages and images throughout.<\/p>\n

A forensic search of his devices had a shocking result — more than 900 files of child sexual abuse material involving young victims, along with additional explicit content involving animals.<\/p>\n

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On Friday, Beyea was arrested for over 200 felony charges, including possession of child pornography, lewd and lascivious offenses, and transmission of harmful material to a minor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THONOTOSASSA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Deputies say a Florida man was discovered with a 15-year-old, prompting a search that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-219068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219068","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=219068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}