{"id":247638,"date":"2026-04-26T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247638\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:00:09","slug":"florida-man-pleads-no-contest-to-child-exploitation-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247638\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man pleads no contest to child exploitation charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Greenacres man accused of crimes against children entered a plea in Martin County Court.On April 17, Robin W. Blanchard, 46, pleaded no contest to charges of lewd computer solicitation of a child, transmission within the state of material harmful to minors by electronic equipment and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.He agreed to the plea deal three days before the start of his scheduled April 20 trial.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsBlanchard was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to 42 months or 3 \u00bd years in a Florida prison, credited with 217 days\u2019 time served in county jail. He must pay court costs and must register as a sex offender.The Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office said last July, Blanchard made contact with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old girl and engaged in sexually explicit topics with the undercover detective, including sending explicit photos of himself to the detective.Before his arrest in September 2025, Blanchard was behind bars in Palm Beach County since August 8 on similar charges that occurred in Boynton Beach.Blanchard, who pled not guilty to charges of traveling to meet a minor for sex and solicitation of a child for unlawful sexual conduct using a computer or device, has a scheduled Tuesday court hearing in Palm Beach County.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tSTUART, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

A Greenacres man accused of crimes against children entered a plea in Martin County Court.<\/p>\n

On April 17, Robin W. Blanchard, 46, pleaded no contest to charges of lewd computer solicitation of a child, transmission within the state of material harmful to minors by electronic equipment and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.<\/p>\n

He agreed to the plea deal three days before the start of his scheduled April 20 trial.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tPalm Beach County Sheriff’s Office\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobin Wayne Blanchard<\/p>\n

Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n

Blanchard was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to 42 months or 3 \u00bd years in a Florida prison, credited with 217 days\u2019 time served in county jail. He must pay court costs and must register as a sex offender.<\/p>\n

The Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office said last July, Blanchard made contact with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old girl and engaged in sexually explicit topics with the undercover detective, including sending explicit photos of himself to the detective.<\/p>\n

Before his arrest in September 2025, Blanchard was behind bars in Palm Beach County since August 8 on similar charges that occurred in Boynton Beach.<\/p>\n

Blanchard, who pled not guilty to charges of traveling to meet a minor for sex and solicitation of a child for unlawful sexual conduct using a computer or device, has a scheduled Tuesday court hearing in Palm Beach County.<\/p>\n

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Greenacres man accused of crimes against children entered a plea in Martin County Court.On April 17, Robin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[19260,108718,1330,2353,108719,8612,166,108717,108720,1160,19243,557,18914,171,173,172,3034,60505,189],"class_list":{"0":"post-247638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-april","9":"tag-blanchard","10":"tag-charge","11":"tag-child","12":"tag-child-exploitation-charge","13":"tag-contest","14":"tag-day","15":"tag-greenacres-man-pleads-no-contest-to-child-exploitation-charges-in-martin-county","16":"tag-last-july","17":"tag-martin-county","18":"tag-minor","19":"tag-palm-beach-county","20":"tag-plea","21":"tag-port-st-lucie","22":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","23":"tag-port-st-lucie-news","24":"tag-sex-offender","25":"tag-undercover-detective","26":"tag-wpbf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247638","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=247638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}