FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – The state attorney’s office and detectives in Flagler, Orange and Osceola counties are seeking additional victims of a 25-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting teens.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said Pelfrene St Fort, who lived in Orlando, had several sexual “relationships” with girls from ages 13 and 16.
“St Fort tells his victims that he is 17 or 18 years of age and leads them to believe that they are in a dating relationship before forcing them to engage in sexual acts,” the sheriff’s office said in a release.
According to detectives, two victims were identified in Flagler County, one victim was identified in Orange County and another victim was identified in Osceola County. Officials believe there may be more victims in Central and Northeast Florida.
“Parents need to know what their kids are doing on social media because this is a prime example of how predators prey on your kids,” said Flagler Sheriff Rick Staly.
The sheriff said they first arrested St Fort in March after fleeing from a traffic stop. Investigators said he lived in Orlando and they discovered he was in Flagler to meet a young girl.
“Ultimately, we determined based on his prior history we had suspicions he was coming here to meet someone,” said Staly.
Investigators said St Fort was already on probation from a 2020 case where he was trying to meet a minor. They said conversations on his cell phone in March confirmed those suspicions that he was doing it again.
“This guy is a serial predator preying on young females,” said Staly.
Detectives say he had sexual relationships with girls ranging from 13 to 16 years old and met them on social media.
“The reason we were able to identify the other victims is because there was identifying information in their chats,” said Detective Kathryn Gordon.
Investigators are now working to identify other possible victims. They said records show he had been contacting them since June of 2022.
“There are multiple other girls that he was messaging with that I’m not sure of their ages, I’m not sure of any identifying information of them but it’s clear they did meet,” said Gordon.
St Fort was charged with lewd or lascivious battery in Flagler County, and other charges are pending. He was also charged in Osceola County with unlawful sexual activity with certain minors and charges are still pending in Orange County, deputies said.
Anyone with information or who may be a victim of St Fort is asked to contact Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Det. Kathryn Gordon at KGordon@FlaglerSheriff.com.
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