CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A 49-year-old Middleburg man beforehand arrested final month in Nassau County throughout a baby sexual exploitation investigation is now dealing with new intercourse crime prices in Clay County.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Workplace arrested Carl Marcus Eubanks Friday morning on prices of sexual battery on a minor, utilizing a pc to lure a minor, touring to fulfill a minor for intercourse, and different prices associated to having unlawful contact with a minor.
Somewhat greater than every week in the past, Eubanks bonded out of the Nassau County Jail following his Jan. 19 arrest on prices of touring to fulfill a minor for intercourse, utilizing a pc to lure a minor, and different lesser prices. That prison case has but to be adjudicated.
In response to the Nassau County arrest report, Eubanks obtained caught up in a Nassau County sting operation that went after individuals who have been sexually exploiting kids. The report states that Eubanks was utilizing the Sniffies app to talk with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old boy.
The Sniffies app is a social media platform for homosexual, bisexual, and bi-curious males.
The Nassau County arrest report revealed that Eubanks suspected he could have probably been speaking with a regulation enforcement officer however nonetheless exchanged sexual feedback and agreed to journey to Yulee to fulfill with what he thought was a minor.
The arrest report states that when Eubanks was captured and requested if he had ever come into contact with minors previously on the Sniffies app, he mentioned he had however at all times blocked them. When requested why he modified his thoughts and determined to journey to Yulee to fulfill up with a minor, the report states that he couldn’t clarify why.
In the course of the arrest in Nassau County, deputies searched Eubanks automobile and located methamphetamines, a handgun, and intercourse toys.
Additionally, in the course of the investigation, Nassau County deputies obtained phrase that Eubanks was suspected of getting intercourse with a baby in Clay County.
Friday morning, simply earlier than 10:30, Clay County deputies arrived at Eubanks’ Middleburg house and arrested him on a listing of prison sexual prices that embody sexual battery on a minor.
A Clay County decide set the bond for Eubanks at a half-million {dollars}.
As of Friday, Eubanks is dealing with a listing of prison sexual prices in two counties.
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