NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
August 17, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

TWO ARRESTED IN SEPARATE CHILD SEX CASES

      The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Fort Walton Beach men Wednesday in connection with two separate cases involving sex with a youth.

     30-year old Joseph Reed of 1851 Hunt Club Dr. , Building #6, is charged with two counts of sexual battery on a victim under the age of twelve. Investigators say Reed had sexual relations with the 11-year old child on two occasions; once in May and once in June.

     In an unrelated case, 21-year old Frank A. Hartley, Jr. of 1944 Kadima Circle is charged with lewd or lascivious battery.

      Investigators say Hartley had sexual relations with a 14-year old girl that he had met over the MYSPACE.com internet site. 

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