- October 23, 2024
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A 24-year-old Palm Coast man was arrested Aug. 12 for molesting a 13-year-old girl as she slept in his apartment last year.
The arrest was the result of a 13-month investigation, according to a news release from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested the suspect, Joshua Paul Brown, at his home on Hummingbird Lane.
The crime occurred in June 2021 at the Integra Woods Apartments complex.
The victim had been sleeping on a couch in the living room when she awoke to find Brown, naked, grabbing her hand and placing it on his genitals. She pulled away, and he told her not to tell anyone, according to the news release.
She tried to get away from him by moving to a bedroom and locking the door, and he repeatedly tried to get into the room. She finally fell asleep, but awoke again to find him in the room, naked, pulling a blanket off of her. She was able to drive him out of the room and text her mother to pick her up from the apartment.
Brown is charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious molestation of a minor and with lewd and lascivious exhibition to a minor.
“I commend our Major Case Unit for pursuing this case from the time we got the call until this pervert was in handcuffs,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said, according to the news release. “These are hard cases to build but we have an amazing Major Case Unit that uses every investigative tool possible to build strong cases. This pervert is now at the Green Roof Inn where he won’t be able to prey on children.”
