Deltona man who abused and recorded attack on child now facing 30 child pornography charges

Jeff Jones

DELTONA, FL – A Deltona man who was facing charges for sexually battering a 9-year-old girl and uploading a video of the event online back in November is facing new charges.

Deltona Police have reported that following their additional investigation and data extraction in this case from October, detectives have charged John Taylor Jr. with 30 more counts of possession of child pornography.

Those charges carry a bond of $15,000 per count, but Taylor remains held without bond at the Volusia County Branch Jail on his previous charges of sexual battery on a child, lewd or lascivious molestation and 2 counts of promoting a sexual performance of a child, police said.

Below is the original statement from the Deltona Police from November:


A Deltona man is in custody on charges of sexually battering a 9-year-old girl and uploading videos of the abuse online.

John D. Taylor Jr., 32 (DOB 4/12/1988), was arrested Friday and is being held without bond at the Volusia County Branch Jail. He’s charged with sexual battery on a child, lewd or lascivious molestation, and two counts of promoting a sexual performance of a child.

Sheriff’s detectives acting on a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children started investigating Taylor in early October. The tip indicated Taylor had uploaded six videos containing suspected child pornography using a Kik Messenger account.

While Taylor initially claimed the material was sent to him, he later admitted to sexually battering the victim and recording videos of the abuse.

Taylor is not a stranger to the 9-year-old victim, but the nature of his relationship to her is being withheld to protect her identity, which is confidential by law.

No additional potential victims have been identified at this time. The investigation is ongoing, and additional charges are pending further forensic investigation and interviews.

 

Related News:   Atlantic City Drug Raid Leads to Multiple Arrests and Seizures

You appear to be using an ad blocker

Shore News Network is a free website that does not use paywalls or charge for access to original, breaking news content. In order to provide this free service, we rely on advertisements. Please support our journalism by disabling your ad blocker for this website.