A Pasco County man has been arrested on child pornography charges after videotaping children showering at the beach. The crime took place at Robert K. Rees Memorial Park in New Port Richey. Parents alerted a beach park attendant who contacted police about a suspicious man, Robert Howard Fuller, Jr.
Witnesses signed an arrest affidavit stating they saw Fuller recording the showering children. Officers took the camera into evidence. The camera contained an image of a girl between the ages of 5 and 8 engaged in a sexual activity. Other images were recorded of nude children, but not in provocative poses.
Officers arrested Fuller and charged him with possession of child pornography. He admitted to authorities that he has been videotaping children for years and this is the first time anyone stood up to him. He also admitted that he receives sexual gratification from looking at children. Fuller remains inside the Land O' Lakes Jail on $5,000 bond.
The crime of child pornography occurs when the image of a minor child, under the age of 18, engaging in sexual behavior or sexually suggestive poses. Florida Statute 775.0847, considers this offense a third degree felony and punishable by up to five years in prison for each count. The State will charge a suspect with an individual count for each image, even if the image is duplicative. For example, if a suspect is convicted of possessing three pornographic child images, that suspect could face 15 years in prison.
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