VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County deputies have arrested a 24-year-old man they say bought alcohol for two teenage girls and then had sex with them — and they believe there may be more victims.
Nicholas Alo was taken into custody after investigators say he met two girls, ages 13 and 15, at a popular teen hangout along the Daytona Beach Boardwalk, known locally as the “White Fence.” Authorities say Alo obtained the girls’ social media contact information before arranging to meet them in person.
“They get in the car with him and he drives them to Daytona One, he allows them to drive around in the parking lot, they go to a liquor store where he purchases a bottle of flavor vodka and they drink the vodka and go to a secluded area, a park in Ormond Beach,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said.
Deputies say that is where Alo had sex with both girls. The investigation was triggered after one of the victims told her father what had happened.
“One of the girls gets home and mentions something to her father about it and then that alerts us to the investigation and last night we’re able to go and take this Nick Alo into custody. He’s on probation for felony charges in Ormond Beach,” Chitwood said.
This is not Alo’s first brush with the law involving a minor. In 2020, he was charged with lewd and lascivious molestation and traveling to meet a minor.
“He was arrested when he was in the bedroom of a 12-year-old naked in a closet,” Chitwood said.
Those charges were ultimately pleaded down to a child abuse conviction, meaning Alo was never required to register as a sex offender. He did serve two years in prison.
Chitwood says the pattern of behavior is what concerns investigators most — and why they believe additional victims may exist.
“It’s a pattern. Hanging out at that ‘White Fence area.’ I didn’t know what that was — I sure do now. It’s where all of the teenagers hang. There he is imbedding himself there. The social media aspect of it. We have all of his devices so we’re going through those now,” Chitwood said.
The sheriff noted that deputies regularly patrol the Daytona Beach Boardwalk area and stressed there is nothing wrong with teens gathering there. However, he urged young people to be cautious about who they speak with and who they share their contact information with.
Alo is currently being held without bond at the Volusia County Jail. Anyone with information is asked to call (386) 323-3574.