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John Morgan Ethridge

Last Updated: October 2nd, 2024
Jail Location
Florida
72yo
White Male
5′ 6″ (1.68m)
145lbs (66kg)

Personal Details

Date of birth: Mar 5, 1952
Hair: Grey
Eyes: Hazel
Probable cause affidavit: SUBMITTED BY: PRUITT, DODI 0396 (AR12-2701 CASE: 000224) KNOWINGLY PROMOTE SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 827.071(3). KNOWINGLY POSSESS PHOTO/VIDEO/ETC WITH SEXUAL CONDUCT BY CHILD, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 827.071(5). ON 042412 YOUR AFFIANT WAS CONDUCTING AN ONLINE INVESTIGATION TARGETING SUBJECTS ON THE INTERNET WHO DOWNLOAD AND/OR DISTRIBUTE IMAGES/VIDEOS DEPICTING CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 ENGAGED IN SEX ACTS. YOUR AFFIANT IDENTIFIED A COMPUTER WITH A PARTICULAR IP ADDRESS IN POSSESSION OF THESE TYPES OF IMAGES/VIDEOS AND WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD A VIDEO OF UNDERAGE CHILDREN ENGAGED IN SEX ACTS WITH OTHER CHILDREN AND ADULTS. ON 072512 YOUR AFFIANT RECEIVED SUBPOENA RESULTS BACK FROM THE INTERNET SUBSCRIBER THE IP ADDRESS BELONGED TO, WHICH LEAD TO THE DEFENDANT’S RESIDENCE. ON 091112 A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT THE DEFENDANT’S RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 3861 N. BLAZINGSTAR WAY IN BEVERLY HILLS. YOUR AFFIANT MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND HIS WIFE AND READ THEM THE SEARCH WARRANT IN ITS ENTIRETY. DURING THE READING OF THE SEARCH WARRANT HE STATED THAT HE WAS DOWNLOADING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND WAS GOING TO JAIL AND BEGAN TAKING HIS JEWELRY OFF. AFTER THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS READ, YOUR AFFIANT READ MIRANDA WARNINGS TO THE DEFENDANT TO WHICH HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAS BEEN DOWNLOADING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND ADVISED MOST OF THE FILES WERE VIDEOS AND POINTED TO AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE SETTING ON THE WINDOW SILL NEXT TO HIS DESKTOP COMPUTER IN A FOLDER LABELED, “BOOK”. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT OTHER FILES DEPICTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ARE LOCATED ON THE HARD DRIVE OF HIS DESKTOP COMPUTER ON THE DESKTOP AREA IN A FOLDER LABELED, “SCAN”. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THERE WILL BE OVER 100 FILES ON HIS EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE THAT DEPICT CHILDREN FROM THE AGES OF INFANT TO 18 YEARS OF AGE ENGAGED IN SEX ACTS. HE ADVISED HE SOME OF THE SEARCH TERMS HE USED IN THE PEER TO PEER APPLICATION TO LOCATE THE FILES WERE “PTHC”, “SPDA”, “NAMBLA”, AND “STICKAM”. YOUR AFFIANT ADVISED DETECTIVE CORNELL WHERE THE FILES WERE LOCATED TO WHICH HE CONDUCTED AN ON SCENE PREVIEW OF THE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE. HE SHOWED ME THE “BOOK” FOLDER AND THE CONTENTS OF THE FOLDER WERE ALL VIDEO FILES NAMED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH BEING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THERE WERE OVER 100 VIDEO FILES NAMED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. DETECTIVE CORNELL PROVIDED ME NUMEROUS FILES ON A THUMB DRIVE TO VIEW. THE THREE FILES MENTIONED ABOVE WERE LOCATED IN THE “BOOK” FOLDER ALONG WITH THE FILE NUMBERS 1-15 BELOW. FILE NUMBERS 16-17 WERE LOCATED IN THE “SCAN” FOLDER ON THE DEFENDANT’S DESKTOP COMPUTER: 1. TITLE: pthc - 9yr girl helps 11yr g masturbate with candle.avi DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE NAKED APPROXIMATELY 9 YEARS OF AGE HOLDING A SEX TOY VERTICALLY WHILE ANOTHER FEMALE CHILD APPROXIMATELY 11 YEARS OF AGE HAS IT INSERTED INTO HER VAGINA. THE 11YO FEMALE IS MOVING UP AND DOWN ON THE SEX TOY. 2. TITLE: pthc hussyfan 3yr suck.mpg DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF TWO DIFFERENT PREPUBESCENT FEMALES, BOTH APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS OF AGE PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON AN ERECT PENIS. THIS VIDEO IS APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS IN LENGTH. 3. TITLE: sdpa vaginitas de niñas y bebitas de 1 a 6 años babyj pthc 2(2).wmv DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A COMPILATION VIDEO OF MULTIPLE PREPUBESCENT FEMALES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 2 AND 8 YEARS OF AGE ENGAGED IN SEX ACTS WITH ADULT MALES. IT DEPICTED TODDLERS PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON ERECT PENISES AND TODDLERS HAVING VAGINAL SEX WITH GROWN MEN. THE VIDEO WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES AND THIRTY SECONDS IN LENGTH. 4. TITLE: - (sdpa) hermanos de 10 y 11 años cojiendo.avi DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT MALE AND NAKED FEMALE, APPROXIMATELY 10 AND 11 YEARS OF AGE. THE FEMALE PULLS THE BOYS PANTS DOWN AND BEGINS TO MASTURBATE HIM. HE THEN TAKES HIS CLOTHES OFF AND SHE CLIMBS ON TOP OF HIM AND INSERTS HIS PENIS INTO HER VAGINA AND THEY HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE. THE VIDEO IS APPROXIMATELY 8 MINUTES 30 SECONDS IN LENGTH. 5. TITLE: ! new ! (pthc) veronika and daddy bj and dad cums - sdpa.wmv DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 6 YEARS OF AGE PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON AN ADULT MALE PENIS. 6. TITLE: !!!russiangirlz moscow-mafia-presenet-girl violation 2006 ((pthc) nablot 2 - anal beads !! new!! kleuterkutje).avi DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 8 YEARS OF AGE NAKED LYING ON A BED FACE DOWN WITH A MALE SUBJECT INSERTING ANAL BEADS INTO HER ANUS WHILE ANOTHER FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 9 YEARS OF AGE IS WATCHING AND READING A MAGAZINE. DURING THE VIDEO THERE ARE FEMALES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 8-12 YEARS OF AGE PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON EACH OTHER. THE VIDEO IS APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES IN LENGTH. 7. TITLE: !!new dark studio 10 cd2.mpg DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 6 YEARS OF AGE PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON AN ADULT FEMALE. THE VIDEO THEN SHOWS THE ADULT FEMALE PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON THE CHILD’S VAGINA AND ANUS ALONG WITH DIGITALLY PENETRATING THE CHILD’S VAGINA AND ANUS. THE VIDEO IS APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES IN LENGTH. 8. TITLE: (kleuterkutje) (kinderkutje) 6-10yr m臈chen mastrobieren 18 38 min.avi DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A COMPILATION VIDEO OF MULTIPLE PREPUBESCENT FEMALES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6-10 ENGAGED IN SEX ACTS WITH EACH OTHER. THEY WERE PERFORMING ORAL SEX WITH EACH OTHER AND USING SEX TOYS ON EACH OTHER. THE VIDEO WAS APPROXIMATELY 18 MINUTES IN LENGTH. 9. TITLE: (sdpa) lucy 5yr ( toddler serie).mpg DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS OF AGE NAKED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. AN UNKNOWN MALE SUBJECT WAS RUBBING HIS ERECT PENIS AGAINST HER VAGINA AND INSERTED THE TIP AS WELL. 10. TITLE: 7 anos fazendo uma chupetinha gostosa new pthc 2010.avi DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 7 YEARS OF AGE LYING NAKED ON HER STOMACH ON A BLANKET IN THE GRASS. AN UNKNOWN ADULT MALE TELLS THE FEMALE TO, “SUCK MY DICK.” THE FEMALE CHILD GETS UP OFF THE BLANKET AND BEGINS TO PERFORM ORAL SEX ON THE MALE SUBJECT’S ERECT PENIS. THE VIDEO IS APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES IN LENGTH. 11. TITLE: 7yr of venezuela cum inside.mpg DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF MULTIPLE PREPUBESCENT FEMALES AGING IN RANGE FROM 4-7 YEARS OF AGE MASTURBATING AN ERECT MALE PENIS. 12. TITLE: 2010 pthc babyshivid frifam kaitlyn night peek and cum.wmv DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS OF AGE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME WHILE A MALE SUBJECT HAS THE CHILD’S LEGS SPREAD ON THE BED WITH NO UNDERWEAR ON AND SPREADING THE CHILD’S VAGINA AND ANUS. HE THEN PUTS THE CAMERA DOWN AND BEGINS TO PERFORM ORAL SEX ON HER VAGINA AND ANUS. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS HE THEN ATTEMPTS TO RUB HIS PENIS AGAINST HER BUTTOCKS BUT THE CHILD TELLS HIM NO AND THEN HE STATES, “PLEASE, I’M GONNA RUB IT AGAINST YOUR BUTTHOLE”. THE CHILD THEN SPREADS HER LEGS AND HE RUBS HIS PENIS AGAINST HER VAGINA AND BEGINS TO MASTURBATE. DURING THE VIDEO SHE IS TRYING TO MOVE AWAY BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT WANT THE SPERM ON HER WHEN HE EJACULATES. HE THEN EJACULATES AND TRIES TO PUT IT IN HER MOUTH BUT SHE TELLS HIM NO. THE VIDEO IS APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES IN LENGTH. 13. TITLE: babyshivid slave play 4 yo cries squirms resists (toddler serie)(2).mpg DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS OF AGE WEARING A BLACK MASK LYING ON HER BACK WEARING UNDERWEAR. THE UNKNOWN SUBJECT WAS ALSO WEARING A BLACK MASK AND HE WAS TONGUE KISSING HER. THE VIDEO WENT ON TO SHOW THE MALE SUBJECT SPREADING THE CHILD’S LEGS, SLIDING HER UNDERWEAR TO THE SIDE AND PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON HER. THE MALE SUBJECT THEN INSERTED HIS PENIS IN HER MOUTH AND BEGAN TO MOVE IT IN AND OUT WHILE THE CHILD WAS CRYING. THE VIDEO WENT ON FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES 14. TITLE: copia de (pthc) russian dad fucks and sucks his little daughter (2).avi DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTS A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE CHILD APPROXIMATELY 7 YEARS OF AGE NAKED ENGAGED IN MULTIPLE SEX ACTS WITH AN ADULT MALE. THE SEX ACTS INCLUDE ORAL SEX ON THE MALE PENIS, ORAL SEX ON THE 7YO CHILD, ALONG WITH THE MALE SUBJECT RUBBING HIS PENIS ON HER VAGINA AND ANUS. 15. TITLE: my daughter 7 yr old.mpg DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 7 YEARS OF AGE NAKED AND TIED TO A PIECE OF WOOD ON THE CEILING WITH HER LEGS SPREAD. A MALE SUBJECT THEN BEGINS TO RUB HER VAGINA AND THEN HER BREASTS WHILE MASTURBATING HIMSELF. LATER IN THE VIDEO THE FEMALE IN TIED TO A BENCH BY HER LEGS AND ARMS, BLIND FOLDED, AND BEGINS TO PINCH THE LITTLE GIRL’S NIPPLES AND SLAP HER VAGINA. HE THEN STRADDLES HIMSELF OVER HER HEAD AND PLACES HIS PENIS IN HER MOUTH AND SHE BEINGS TO PERFORM ORAL SEX ON HIM. 16. TITLE: (pthc) 14y girl and her little sis212.avi DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 14 YEARS OF AGE ENGAGED IN SEX ACTS WITH A MALE SUBJECT. 17. TITLE: (pthc) (Japanese loli) kikuko 10y 12.avi DESCRIPTION: THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF PREPUBESCENT FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS OF AGE PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON AN ERECT PENIS AND THEN THE MALE SUBJECT INSERTING THE TIP OF HIS PENIS INTO THE CHILD’S VAGINA. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADMITTED THAT HE KEPT FILES DEPICTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN THE SHARED FOLDER (ENTITLED “SCAN”) FOR OTHER ARES CLIENTS TO UPLOAD AND ADMITTED HE KNEW IT WAS ILLEGAL TO ALLOW THOSE TYPES OF FILES TO BE SHARED. YOUR AFFIANT WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD NUMEROUS FILES FROM THE DEFENDANT ON DIFFERENT DATES. TWO OF THE FILES I DOWNLOADED WERE AS FOLLOWS AND ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE DEFENDANT’S “SCAN” FOLDER ON HIS DESKTOP COMPUTER: TITLE: 7 anos fazendo uma chupetinha gostosa new pthc 2010.avi DATE DOWNLOADED: 8/18/12 BETWEEN 0006HRS AND 0034HRS. THIS VIDEO WAS DESCRIBED IN FILE #10 ABOVE. TITLE: (pthc) (Japanese loli) kikuko 10y 12.avi DATE DOWNLOADED: 8/17/12 BETWEEN 2339HRS AND 8/18/12 AT 0004HRS. THIS VIDEO WAS DESCRIBED IN FILE #17 ABOVE. BELOW IS THE THIRD COUNT FOR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: DETECTIVE CORNELL ALSO ADVISED ME THAT WHEN HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT’S DESKTOP COMPUTER, HE OBSERVED THE ARES APPLICATION OPEN AND MULTIPLE SUBJECTS UPLOADING WHAT APPEARED TO BE ONE OF THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FILES THAT WAS IN HIS SHARED FOLDER LABELED “SCAN” ON THE DEFENDANT’S DESKTOP COMPUTER. THE FILE NAME WAS “(pthc) 14y girl and her little sis212.avi”. YOUR AFFIANT LATER REVIEWED THE FILE FROM THE DEFENDANT’S “SCAN” FOLDER AND OBSERVED IT TO BE A VIDEO DEPICTING A FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 14 YEARS OF AGE ENGAGED IN SEX ACTS WITH A MALE SUBJECT (DESCRIBED IN FILE #16 ABOVE). THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT’S BOND WAS SET AT $95,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE.
Inmate name: JOHN MORGAN ETHRIDGE
Status: Confinement
Designation: Sexual Offender
Department of corrections: U47890
Initial receipt date: May 2, 2013
Facility: LIBERTY C.I.
DC number: U47890
Current custody: CLOSE

Documented Aliases

JOHN MORGAN ETHRIDGE

Known addresses

3861, Florida 34465
3861 N BLAZINGSTAR WAY, Florida 34465

Recent Arrests

Arrest number: 16751
Arrest date: Oct 8, 2015
Booking location: Citrus County, FL

Arrest number: 2701
Arrest date: Sep 11, 2012
Arrest type: Felony
Booking location: Citrus County, FL

Booking location: Citrus County, FL

Release date: Jan 26, 2051
Booking location: Citrus County, FL

Recent Charges

Jurisdiction state: CITRUS, FL
Crime description: POSS OF PHOTO/PICTURE SHOWING SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD; F.S. 827.071(5)
Court case: 1200959
Adjudication date: Apr 25, 2013
Adjudication: Guilty/convict

Jurisdiction state: CITRUS, FL
Crime description: Produce, Direct, Promote Sexual Perform. by Child; F.S. 827.071(3)
Court case: 1200959
Adjudication date: Apr 25, 2013
Adjudication: Guilty/convict

Code: 827.071(5)
Charge description: KNOWINGLY POSSESS PHOTO/VIDEO/ETC W SEXUAL CONDUCT BY CHILD
Bond amount: $85,000

Code: 827.071(3)
Charge description: KNOWINGLY PROMOTING SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD
Bond amount: $10,000

Code: Borrowed for Court
Charge description: Borrowed for Court

Sentence length: 15Y 0M 0D
Discharge date: Apr 25, 2013
Offense date: Apr 24, 2012
Offense: ABUSE OF CHILD,PROM.SEX PERFM.
County: CITRUS
Case number: 1200959

Sentence length: 15Y 0M 0D
Discharge date: Apr 25, 2013
Offense date: Sep 11, 2012
Offense: POSS PHOTO ETC CHILD SEX PERF
County: CITRUS
Case number: 1200959

Sentence length: 8Y 0M 0D
Discharge date: Apr 25, 2013
Offense date: Sep 11, 2012
Offense: POSS PHOTO ETC CHILD SEX PERF
County: CITRUS
Case number: 1200959

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