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John Wesley Hicks

Last Updated: December 19th, 2024
Jail Location
Florida
62yo
White Male
6′ 1″ (1.85m)
240lbs (109kg)

Personal Details

Date of birth: Oct 20, 1962
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Probable cause affidavit: SUBMITTED BY: PRUITT, DODI 0396 (AR11120921) IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO KNOWINGLY POSSESS A PHOTOGRAPH, MOTION PICTURE, EXHIBITION, SHOW, REPRESENTATION, OR OTHER PRESENTATION WHICH, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, HE OR SHE KNOWS TO INCLUDE ANY SEXUAL CONDUCT BY A CHILD. THE POSSESSION OF EACH SUCH PHOTO, MOTION PICTURE, EXHIBITION, SHOW, REPRESENTATION, OR PRESENTATION IS A SEPARATE OFFENSE. WHOEVER VIOLATES THIS SUBSECTION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE, PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN S.775.082, S. 775.083, OR S. 775.084 ON 52411, I WAS REQUESTED TO RESPOND TO 852 NORTH PINE NEEDLE TERRACE IN CRYSTAL RIVER, IN REFERENCE TO STATE PROBATION BEING ON SCENE AND DISCOVERING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FILES ON THE DEFENDANT'S COMPUTER. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH MR WINKLER WITH STATE PROBATION AND DETECTIVE SEFFERN. DETECTIVE SEFFERN ADVISED HE READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA WARNINGS AND THAT THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FILES ON HIS COMPUTER. MR WINKLER ADVISED YOUR AFFIANT THAT WHILE HE WAS CHECKING THE DEFENDANT'S COMPUTER FOR CONTRABAND, HE DISCOVERED A VIDEO DEPICTING A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE ENGAGED IN SEX ACTS WITH AN ADULT MALE. MR WINKLER DIRECTED ME TO THE COMPUTER HE WAS DOING THE PREVIEW ON AND SHOWED ME THE FILE HE OBSERVED. THE FILE DEPICTED A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS OF AGE PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON AN ERECT PENIS, AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE VIDEO IT DEPICTED THE FEMALE CHILD MASTURBATING THE MALE. THE FILE WAS LOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION: /JOHPPDATA/ROAMING/CYBERLINK/POWERDIRECTOR/8.0/SHADOW EDIT FILES/GIRL25_0.MPG. AT THIS TIME, YOUR AFFIANT MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED IF HE HAD BEEN READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS, TO WHICH HE STATED YES. YOUR AFFIANT REQUESTED PERMISSION TO SPEAK TO HIM AND HE STATED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN DOWNLOADING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY SINCE THE 1980'S AND ADVISED THE PEER TO PEER NETWORKS HE HAS USED TO OBTAIN THE FILES. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAS WELL OVER ONE THOUSAND FILES DEPICTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND THEY ARE ON HIS HP COMPUTER, WESTERN DIGITAL EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE, AND IMAC COMPUTER. HE ADVISED HE ALSO HAS "TONS" OF ADULT PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS COMPUTER AS WELL, AND THAT HE IS A "SEX ADDICT". THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAS NOT TOUCHED A CHILD SINCE HIS LAST CONVICTION AND DID NOT CONSIDER THAT INCIDENT SEXUAL; THAT IT WAS "AFFECTION". THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THE LAST TIME HE LOOKED AT ANY CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FILES WAS ON 51911 AND HAS NOT VIEWED THEM SINCE. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT RESIDED IN THE RESIDENCE. HE ALSO ADMITTED TO USING SEARCH TERMS SUCH AS "OTHC" AND "BABYJ" WHICH, BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, ARE INDICATIVE OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FILES. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT WE WOULD FIND FILES DEPICTING CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS "MONTHS OLD" IN SEXUAL ACTS ON HIS COMPUTER. YOUR AFFIANT REQUESTED CONSENT TO SEARCH THE ITEMS MENTIONED ABOVE TO WHICH HE CONSENTED. YOUR AFFIANT OBSERVED DOLLS IN THE RESIDENCE ALONG WITH MAKEUP AND A CHILD'S HEADBAND AND ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHO THOSE ITEMS BELONGED TO AND HE STATED THAT HE COLLECTED DOLLS. I CONDUCTED A PREVIEW OF THE HP DESKTOP COMPUTER IN HIS OFFICE, THE SAME COMPUTER MR WINKLER WAS PREVIEWING, AND OBSERVED FOUR MORE FILES DEPICTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE FILES WERE AS FOLLOWS: · JOHN/DOCUMENTS/PRODUCE_0.WMV - THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE PERFORMING SEXUAL ACTS SUCH AS PERFORMING ORAL SEX AND GETTING DIGITALLY PENETRATED. · JOHN/DOWNLOADS/USORTED VIDS/TINYTABBY_01.WMV - THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF TWO PREPUBESCENT FEMALES APPROXIMATELY 12 AN 16 YEARS OF AGE PERFORMING SEXUAL ACTS ON EACH OTHER SUCH AS ORAL SEX ON EACH OTHER AND USING "SEX TOYS". · DOWNLOADS/UNDERAGE_ALEXXS_13YO_FINGERS_ASS_ANAL_GAP_PTHC/ALEXXX.AVI - THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 12 YEARS OF AGE MASTURBATING HERSELF AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE VIDEO INSERTING OBJECTS INTO HER VAGINA. DURING THE VIDEO THE FEMALE CHILD WAS NOT SMILING AND CONTAINED NO EXPRESSION. · LS/HOTLOLS_785709.RAR/HOTLOLS-ALESIA010.AVI - THIS FILE DEPICTED A VIDEO OF A PREPUBESCENT FEMALE NAKED IN THE SHOWER TOUCHING HERSELF IN A SEXUAL MANNER. DURING THE VIDEO SHE MASTURBATED HERSELF. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY A PATROL DEPUTY. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND IS SET AT $25,000.00. *NOT-EXEMPT*
Inmate status: Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias
Pin: 0200405136
Occupations: UNEMPLOYED
Obts: 5801172022
Id number: 1914
Birth place: MANASSASS
Booking number: 11120920
Arrest date: May 24, 2011
Booking location: Citrus County, FL
Designation: Sexual Offender
Department of corrections: S27676
Supervision type: SEX OFFENDER PROBATION
Supervision begin date: Aug 31, 2010
Scheduled termination date: Aug 30, 2020
Initial receipt date: Nov 7, 2011
Facility: OUT OF DEPT. CUSTODY BY COURT ORDER
DC number: S27676
Current custody: PENDING

Documented Aliases

JOHN W HICKS

Known addresses

Florida 34428

Recent Arrests

Arresting agency: FL0580000
Arrest date: Nov 3, 2011
Arrest location: CITRUS COUNTY
Arrest officer: JOHNSON,JASON LEE
Booking number: 201100015093
Booking date: Nov 3, 2011
Booking location: Sarasota County, FL

Arrest date: May 24, 2011
Booking number: 11120921
Booking location: Citrus County, FL

Booking location: Sarasota County, FL

Release date: May 15, 2041
Booking location: Citrus County, FL

Recent Charges

Statute: 948.06
Charge description: PROB VIOLATION/LEWD & LASCIVIOUS CONDUCT
Case number: 2008 CF 013320 NC
Bond amount: $0
Argn date: Nov 18, 2011

Code: 827.071(5)
Charge description: KNOWINGLY POSSESS PHOTO/VIDEO/ETC W SEXUAL CONDUCT BY CHILD
Bond amount: $25,000

Code: 948.06
Charge description: VIOLATION OF PROBATION OR COMMUNITY CONTROL
Bond amount: $0

Jurisdiction state: SARASOTA, FL
Crime description: Lewd or lascivious conduct victim under 16 years old by offender 18 years or older; F.S. 800.04(6)(b (2 COUNTS)
Court case: 0813320
Adjudication date: Jan 14, 2010
Adjudication: Guilty/convict

Sentence length: 15Y 0M 0D
Discharge date: Oct 20, 2011
Offense date: May 24, 2011
Offense: POSS PHOTO ETC CHILD SEX PERF
County: CITRUS
Case number: 1000588

Sentence length: 15Y 0M 0D
Discharge date: Oct 20, 2011
Offense date: May 24, 2011
Offense: POSS PHOTO ETC CHILD SEX PERF
County: CITRUS
Case number: 1100588

Description: Charge 1

Description: STATUTE: 948.06 CHARGE: VIOLATION OF PROBATION OR COMMUNITY CONTROL

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