{"id":284603,"date":"2026-05-26T11:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284603\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:48:18","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-engaging-in-sexual-acts-with-teenager-over-the-course-of-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284603\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man accused of engaging in sexual acts with teenager over the course of 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Florida%20man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Florida man<\/a> is behind bars after being accused of engaging in sexual acts with a teenager over the course of three years.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamhcso.com\/News\/PressRelease\/9ce2e39e-355c-4f32-8506-452adaf08d82\/en-US?utm_source&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=https%3A%2F%2Fteamhcso.com%2FNews%2FPressRelease%2F6e060d24-ab90-4799-8bd3-abf646552815%2F23-106&amp;utm_content=ap_9kks1ve7oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> says detectives launched an investigation on May 7 after discovering that Karl Slazinski began communicating with a 15-year-old girl in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/two-kayakers-rescued-off-key-west-after-capsizing-near-fort-zachary-taylor-us-coast-guard-key-west-kayak-rescue-kayakers-overturned-fort-zachary-taylor-search-and-rescue-maritime-rescue-life-jackets-boating-safety-florida-keys-ocean-rescue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two kayakers rescued off Key West after capsizing near Fort Zachary Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the sheriff&#8217;s office, Slazinski and the victim allegedly met several times between May 2023 and May 2026 in Hillsborough County, where they engaged in sexual acts.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, May 22, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Slazinski.<\/p>\n<p>His charges include:<\/p>\n<p>Use of a Child in a Sexual PerformanceLewd or Lascivious Battery (Engage)Traveling to Meet a Minor After Using Communication Services or Devices to Solicit Certain Illegal ActsTransmission of Harmful Material to a MinorUnlawful Use of a Two-Way Communications Device<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis adult exploited and manipulated a child for years, using communication and calculated grooming to commit these horrific crimes,\u201d said Chad Chronister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man is behind bars after being accused of engaging in sexual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-284603","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\/284603","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=284603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}