{"id":410614,"date":"2026-09-25T19:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/410614\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:42:09","slug":"tallahassee-man-convicted-of-sexually-assaulting-teen-in-panama-city-beach-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/410614\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee man convicted of sexually assaulting teen in Panama City Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG\/WECP) &#8211; A Tallahassee man was found guilty by a jury of lewd and lascivious battery on a child under the age of 18. He faces up to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sentencing for Ledbetter Jr. is set for Nov. 3.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790365329_334_ZCBTI6FPNJCWRC66IKT6AEXDZE.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Sentencing for Ledbetter Jr. is set for Nov. 3.(WJHG)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the state attorney\u2019s office, the victim testified that Roger Dale Ledbetter Jr. was given permission to take her to Panama City Beach in 2024. She said he supplied her with alcohol and meth and sexually assaulted her. The next day, they went back to Tallahassee. The victim said she didn\u2019t report the assault immediately because she was ashamed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sentencing for Ledbetter Jr. is set for Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To stay up to date on all the latest news as it develops, follow WJHG on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NEWS7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wjhgtv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WJHG_TV\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WJHG_TV\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error that needs correction? Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/09\/25\/tallahassee-man-convicted-sexually-assaulting-teen-panama-city-beach\/mailto:news@wjhg.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news@wjhg.com<\/a>. Please include the article\u2019s headline in your message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Keep up with all the biggest headlines on the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/wjhg-news\/id420768788\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/wjhg-news\/id420768788\" target=\"_blank\">WJHG News app<\/a>, and check out what\u2019s happening outside using the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/wjhg-weather\/id1358847597\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/wjhg-weather\/id1358847597\" target=\"_blank\">WJHG Weather app<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WJHG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG\/WECP) &#8211; A Tallahassee man was found guilty by a jury of lewd and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[152749,162882,1361,1311,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-410614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-lascivious-battery","tag-ledbetter-jr","tag-panama-city-beach","tag-sexual-assault","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410614","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=410614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}