On Saturday, July 8, 2006 at approximately 2:12 p.m. Officer. J. Pasiuk stopped Kenneth Raymond Halscott for unlawful speed in the 9500 block of Belcher Road. During the stop, Halscott grabbed a film canister and began ingesting what the officer believed was marijuana and then ran towards some bushes to throw the canister away. The officer subdued and arrested Halscott for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia and resisting arrest without violence. A search incident to arrest yielded a digital media card that contained images of child pornography.

Halscott had a 5 year old female relative in the car with him when he was stopped. That child appeared in some of the photographs and the photographs appeared to have been taken earlier in the day.

Halsoctt has been booked into the Pinellas County Jail on the following charges:

7 counts of Possession of child pornography

1 count of Obstruction without violence

1 count of Marijuana possession

1 count of Possession of drug paraphernalia

Halscott's bond was set at a total of $71,500.

During this investigation Halscott's home computer was seized and examined by FDLE. Images stored on the computers hard drive provided evidence that Halscott had sexual contact with the 5 year old victim.

On January 11^th, two (2) additional charges of Capital Sexual Battery have been field against Halscott who has remained in jail since July 8^th arrest. No bond has been set.

Arrested: Halscott

Kenneth Raymond Halscott

W/M, dob-09/01/44, 62 years old

Lka/ 6351 5th Avenue South

St. Petersburg, Florida

To view arrest information, click link below:

http://www.pcsoweb.com/inmate/SubjectResults.aspx?id=1200420

http://www.pcsoweb.com/inmate/SubjectResults.aspx?id=1228939

Released by Captain S. A. Forseth

PPPD (727) 541-0792

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