CCSO: Keystone Heights man busted with multiple child porn files 

 KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – A Keystone Heights man was arrested by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team on Thursday, Oct. 6, after it confirmed a cyber tip that he had downloaded 203 images of child pornography, including one of a child younger than 5. 

Tyler Michael Roberts was arrested at his home on Osceola Avenue following an investigation by the CCSO’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, with assistance from the North Florida INTERCEPT Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). 

He was charged with possessing, controlling or viewing depictions of child sexual conduct. Judge Raymond Forbess set his bond at $500,030, and his next court date was scheduled for Dec. 8. 

According to a five-page arrest report, the images also included sadomasochistic abuse involving a child and sexual battery, bestiality and movies of a child. 

CCSO’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit received a tip on May 10 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about a person uploading 203 files from a Google Photo account to a storage service. 

On May 23, the sheriff’s office obtained a subpoena for the IP address. It came back to Roberts’ address. 

CCSO obtained a search warrant on Sept. 11 to view the images contained in the Cyber Tipline Master Report. The images contained child pornography, according to the arrest report. 

The home was searched on Nov. 3, and deputies, along with SWAT, returned on Nov. 6 to arrest Roberts. 

Since it’s an ongoing investigation, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office is asking if anyone has information about the case to contact Det. Andrew Carter at acarter@claysheriff.com or by phone at (904) 264-6512. 

Man jailed for soliciting ‘dad’ about daughter for possible sex 

 NEW SMYRNA BEACH – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office posed as a “father” who was offering his daughter for sex to arrest a man who answered the Craigslist ad. 

Jeffery Mark Beck, 66, of New Smyrna Beach, was charged with making obscene communication through a computer to solicit a parent or guardian and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony after he sent a text to what he believed was a father of a girl, 30 minutes after an ad was posted on Craigslist. According to the affidavit for arrest, the ad was posted on July 25 and stated the father and his daughter were “bored.” 

The ”father” and Beck made several calls before the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office arrested him. He was transported to the Clay County Jail on Tuesday, Nov. 4, where he’s being held with a $200,006 bond. 

Oakleaf Village Elementary fifth grader caught with pocketknife 

 OAKLEAF – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office charged a fifth grader at Oakleaf Village Elementary carrying a pocketknife with a three-inch blade in her backpack on Thursday, Nov. 6. 

According to a release from the agency, officials from the school assisted with the investigation, which included interviews with the girl, her parents and other students. CCSO determined there was no lawful reason for her to have the knife on school property, and she was arrested and taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice – Duval Detention Center. 

According to Florida law, it is illegal to possess or discharge weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property, including a person who exhibits any sword, sword cane, firearm, electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon, including a razor blade, box cutter, or common pocketknife, except as authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities, in the presence of one or more persons in a rude, careless, angry, or threatening manner and not in lawful self-defense, at a school-sponsored event or on the grounds or facilities of any school, school bus, or school bus stop, or within 1,000 feet of the real property that comprises a public or private elementary school, middle school, or secondary school, during school hours or during the time of a sanctioned school activity, commits a felony of the third degree.