MIAMI – Federal jurors in South Florida have found a Palm Coast man guilty of attempted sexual abuse and abusive sexual contact on a cruise ship, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Records show Brent Arthur Gilpin, 48, was arrested Feb. 4 by the U.S. Marshals Service.
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Gilpin went to trial in Fort Lauderdale, accused of fondling and attempting to digitally penetrate an intoxicated 21-year-old victim he encountered at a casino bar on the ship, the Justice Department said in a statement.
He faces up to a life sentence in federal prison for the charge of attempted sexual abuse and up to three years in prison for abusive sexual contact, the statement reads.
The case was investigated by FBI Miami and prosecuted by assistant U.S. attorneys Brianna Coakley and Daniel Rosenfeld, according to the Justice Department.