Florida Man, Girlfriend Arrested For Sex With 4-Year-Old & Baby
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Autumn Ash |
DELTONA, Florida -- Volusia County
Sheriff’s investigators filed more sex charges against 22-year-old Thomas Fleming who is already accused of abusing a 4-year-old girl after learning that the defendant
and his ex-girlfriend, 20-year-old Autumn Ash, also allegedly abused a 7-month-old baby.
In addition to filing more
sexual battery charges against Fleming, investigators have arrested
Ash and charged her with five counts of sexual
battery.
The
investigation was launched on Friday after pictures of Fleming
allegedly having sex with the 4-year-old were discovered on Ash’s cell
phone. Deputies say that she initially denied knowing they were there. But after further
questioning, she allegedly admitted knowing about the
pornographic pictures and videos and said when they were dating, Fleming would
send them to her and then the two of them would text each other and talk about
sexual fantasies involving the child.
The discovery led to Fleming’s
arrest Friday night on two counts of sexual battery. But as investigators
continued to examine the child images on Ash’s cell phone, they discovered
a second victim also being abused. Investigators identified the second victim as
a 7-month-old baby girl.
Deputies say that Ash admitted that she and Fleming had taken
pictures of the baby and performed sex acts on her on multiple occasions. After
abusing the baby, Ash said she and Fleming would then have sex. Based on the
additional information uncovered in the investigation, the Sheriff’s
Office arrested Ash on Monday and also filed three additional sexual battery
charges against Fleming.
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Thomas Fleming |
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.
Ash, who lives in Orange City,
and Fleming, who lists a Deltona address, are in jail being held without bond.
The Sheriff’s Office’s Sex Crimes Unit and its Internet Crimes
Against Children Unit are continuing to investigate. Both defendants are
expected to face additional charges, including possession of child pornography.
Anyone with information about Fleming or additional victims
is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office’s Sex Crimes Unit at (386)
323-3574.