Two arrested for crimes against minors

Press release from Alachua Police Department

ALACHUA, Fla. – Two individuals have been arrested following an extensive investigation into inappropriate and unlawful conduct with juvenile victims.

Chiarel Davis, 38, of Chiefland, Florida, was arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including:

• Sexual assault by a person 24 years or older on a 16- or 17-year-old victim
• Traveling to meet a minor
• Interfering with custody of a minor
• Contributing to the delinquency of a minor

Davis engaged in sexual activity with a juvenile victim, provided marijuana to the minor, and sent explicit messages and images. She also facilitated unsupervised meetings with the minor without parental consent.

Nicholas Scott, 35, of Gainesville, Florida, faces charges including:

• Use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony
• Distribution of obscene material to a minor

Scott sent explicit images to one of the victims and communicated with the juvenile in a manner that violated Florida law.

The Alachua Police Department began investigating the case after a report from a concerned parent. Both suspects are known to the victims and their family and had previously interacted with them under the pretense of friendship.

Due to the sensitive nature of the crimes and to protect the identities of the victims, 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱.

“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉,” said Chief Jesse Sandusky. “𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎.”

The Alachua Police Department would like to thank the agencies involved that helped bring Davis and Scott to justice.

𝗔𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺, 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯 𝗘𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝘁 (𝟯𝟴𝟲) 𝟱𝟴𝟴-𝟯𝟯𝟮𝟴 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆@𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗮𝗽𝗱.𝗼𝗿𝗴.