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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone want to guess the political affiliation of this church leader perv?
Charles Barton Lucas, 59, of Fruitland Park
Lake County church leader arrested for video voyeurism, sheriff says
A Fruitland Park man was arrested Friday after topless and other inappropriate photos of adolescent girls and recordings from inside a bathroom at a local church were found on his work computer, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriffs Office.
Lake deputies say Charles Barton Lucas, 59, who is listed as an overseer on the website of Heritage Community Church in Fruitland Park, was arrested for five counts of video voyeurism.
Deputies arrested Lucas after the IT director at Lucas employer, RoMac Building Supply, found files on his computer during an upgrade, including what appeared to be inappropriate photographs of adults and adolescent girls, according to the arrest report.
Further investigation revealed more photos and videos on a cloud drive that showed adolescent girls changing clothes and making use of a church bathroom after a baptism service. The sheriffs office did not say during what time period the photos and videos were captured, though said some date to the early 2000s. The arrest report noted the churchs pastor was cooperative and assisting investigators.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/06/22/lake-county-church-leader-arrested-for-video-voyeurism-sheriff-says/
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Anyone want to guess the political affiliation of this church leader perv? (Original Post)
Baitball Blogger
22 hrs ago
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Aristus
(72,716 posts)1. Anything with the word "Heritage" stuck on it is going to be an ultra-right-wing nationalist organization.
So, no surprise there.
Baitball Blogger
(52,872 posts)2. My thoughts, too.
mwmisses4289
(5,121 posts)3. Is this country ever going to be rid of these evangelical perverts?
How many fucking hypocritical pastors/youth leaders/good christians is this? I swear, any parent who takes their kids to one of these places needs to be cited for placing their child in the way of imminent harm!
Initech
(109,589 posts)4. Seriously! They all should be in fucking prison.
Stuckinthebush
(11,222 posts)5. Once again....
Not a drag queen.
MIButterfly
(3,454 posts)6. Exactly what I was going to say!
You beat me to the punch, Stuckinthebush. Great minds and all that....
oasis
(54,292 posts)7. Ha!
nt
taxi
(2,775 posts)8. Google Maps - distance from The Villages to Fruitland Park - - - wait for it . . .
9.6 miles !!!
Whoda thunk?