Police: Sex Offender Molested Girl
Palm Bay Man Picked Up 8-Year-Old From School
POSTED: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
UPDATED: 1:24 pm EST November 3,
2009
PALM BAY, Fla. -- A recently released registered sex offender was arrested by Palm Bay police Monday evening on charges of molesting an 8-year-old girl.
Eric Anderson, 29, was arrested after an investigation that began when the mother of the girl contacted police on Friday.
Police said Anderson had befriended the mother earlier and picked up the girl from school Friday at the request of the mother who was dealing with a medical emergency, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported. Anderson took the child to her home and molested her, Palm Bay police said.
Anderson has two prior convictions involving sex crimes on children. In 1996, he was convicted of sexual battery of a child younger than 12 and was sentenced to community control and released. In 2002, Anderson was convicted of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child younger than 16.
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