DELTONA, Florida -- A Deltona man is under
arrest after pictures surfaced of the man allegedly having sex with a 4-year-old
girl.
22-year-old Thomas Fleming was arrested Friday night and so far faces two counts of sexual
battery.
However, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office’s Sex Crimes
Unit is continuing to investigate and additional charges are pending.
The
investigation was launched on Friday after pictures of Fleming
allegedly having sex with the child were discovered on his ex-girlfriend’s cell
phone. Fleming is suspected of having sex with the girl on numerous occasions.
During questioning, Volusia deputies say that Fleming admitted to having sex with the child and
taking pictures of the two of them during the sexual encounters and then sending
them to a woman who was his girlfriend at the time. Fleming also shot video
clips of the sexual activity as well from his cell phone.
After the images were
discovered, the Sex Crimes Unit along with Sheriff’s investigators who
specialize in working Internet crimes against children were able to quickly use
their technological and investigative skills to access the images for
evidentiary purposes, track down the suspect and secure an arrest in a matter
of hours.
Fleming was booked into
the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona
Beach shortly before midnight on Friday and is being
held without bond. Anyone with information about Fleming or additional victims
is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office’s Sex Crimes Unit at (386)
323-3574.
