| Date of birth: | Jan 7, 1961 |
| Hair: | Gray or partially gray |
| Eyes: | Brown |
| Initial receipt date: | Oct 28, 2015 |
| Facility: | TAYLOR C.I. |
| DC number: | U54268 |
| Current custody: | CLOSE |
| Status: | Confinement |
| Designation: | Sexual Predator |
| Department of corrections: | U54268 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: POWERS, KATHLEEN 0417 (CASE 14-102702) (AR14-11400) KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY COMMIT SEXUAL BATTERY UPON THE SIX YEAR OLD FEMALE VICTIM (DOB 021208) WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS OVER THE AGE OF 18 (DOB 010761) TO WIT: PLACING HIS TOUNGE ON HER VAGINA AND RUBBING IT UP AND DOWN. THIS IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 794.011(2)(A). ON 072614, OUR AGENCY BECAME AWARE OF ALLEGATIONS FROM A 6 YEAR OLD FEMALE CHILD. THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT OCCURRED IN CITRUS COUNTY. THE VICTIM WAS OVER AT A KNOWN ACQUAINTANCEâS RESIDENCE PLAYING WITH OTHER CHILDREN (072614), AT SOME POINT, SHE WENT INSIDE OF THE DEFENDANTâS RESIDENCE. SHE LATER RETURNED TO HER HOME AND WHILE GETTING A BATH, DISCLOSED SEXUAL ACTIVITY BY THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM TOLD HER MOTHER THAT WHILE AT THE DEFENDANTâS RESIDENCE, SHE WAS IN HIS BEDROOM AND WAS PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP. SHE SAID THAT THE DEFENDANT CAME INTO THE ROOM, MOVED ASIDE HER SKIRT AND PANTIES AND THEN PUT HIS TONGUE ON HER VAGINA. I BECAME INVOLVED IN THIS CASE ON 072814. THE VICTIM WAS SCHEDULED FOR A FORENSIC CHILD PROTECTION TEAM INTERVIEW ON 073114 AT 1200 HOURS. DURING THIS INTERVIEW, THE VICTIM DISCLOSED THAT WHILE INSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE, SHE SNUCK INTO THE DEFENDANTâS ROOM AND LAID ON THE BED. SHE TOLD THE INTERVIEWER THAT SHE PRETENDED TO BE ASLEEP. SHE RELAYED THAT THE DOOR WAS OPEN AND THE DEFENDANT CAME IN THE ROOM. SHE STATED THAT HE PUSHED ASIDE HER SKIRT AND PANTIES AND PUT HIS MOUTH ON HER VAGINA. SHE SAID THAT IT FELT WET AND HE WAS RUBBING HIS TOUNGE ALL UP AND DOWN. SHE SAID THAT SHE PEEKED AT THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED HIM WHY HE WAS DOING THAT TO HER AND HE TOLD HER THAT HE WAS SORRY AND TO âPLEASE NOT TELLâ. THE VICTIM DISCLOSED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED TO HER LIKE THIS. UPON CONCLUSION OF THE VICTIMâS INTERVIEW, I RESPONDED TO THE DEFENDANTâS RESIDENCE AND MADE CONTACT WITH HIM. HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST (HANDCUFFED DOUBLE âLOCKED). I DISCUSSED THE ALLEGATIONS WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHICH HE DENIED THEY OCCURRED. HE DID ADMIT THAT THE VICTIM WAS OVER AT HIS HOUSE ON 072614 AND HAD BEEN INSIDE HIS HOME. UPON CONCLUSION OF MY CONVERSATION WITH THE DEFENDANT HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT WAS GIVEN A NO BOND BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS CRIME AND BECAUSE THE DEFENDANT RECENTLY CAME TO CITRUS COUNTY FROM OHIO. |
| Inmate name: | KENNETH E WATKINS |
| Release date: | Jun 27, 2030 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Booking location: | Sumter County, FL |
| Arrest number: | 11400 |
| Arrest date: | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Arrest type: | Felony |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Sentence length: | 15Y 0M 0D |
| Discharge date: | Oct 5, 2015 |
| Offense date: | Jul 26, 2014 |
| Offense: | SEX BAT BY ADULT/VCTM LT 12(ATTEMPTED) |
| County: | CITRUS |
| Case number: | 1400836 |
| Code: | 794.011(2)(A) |
| Charge description: | Sexual battery or injure sexual organs v= under 12, def 18+ |
| Bond amount: | $0 |
