Your Soup Served Fresh

Tweet Subscribe to receive your daily serving of Capital Soup. Tweet

News. Views. Unfiltered.

Tweet Submit your news and opinions to Capital Soup free of charge. Tweet

Advertise in the Soup.

Tweet For rates and availability, contact ads@capitalsoup.com. Tweet

Dish it Up.

Tweet Order special services or featured positioning at services@capitalsoup.com. Tweet

Home » Education » Currently Reading:

Miami man arrested for travelling to meet a child for sex

August 20, 2012 Government No Comments

Miami man arrested for travelling to meet a child for sex

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Miami Regional Operations Center, a member of the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, in cooperation with the East Baton Rouge Parish (Louisiana) Sheriff’s Office and the Miami Dade School Board Police, announces the arrest of Samuel Woodside, 45, of Miami, Fla.

Woodside was charged with one count each of: human trafficking; traveling to meet a minor for unlawful sex; luring and enticing a minor to commit an unlawful act; interference with custody; and sending harmful materials to a minor. The attempted human trafficking charge is a 1st degree felony that is punishable by life imprisonment if convicted.

“Protecting the children of south Florida is our highest priority. FDLE’s Cyber Squad will continue to work diligently to take predators like this off the streets”, said Addy Villanueva who is FDLE Miami’s Special Agent in Charge.

During July and August, Woodside has been communicating via internet and cell phone with what he believed to be a 14 year old girl residing in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Woodside sent sexually explicit photos to the girl, along with an invitation to come to Miami to participate in sex acts with himself and others. He discussed with the girl on multiple occasions that she would be used to make money for him by performing sex acts with others.

The complaint alleges that Woodside purchased a bus ticket for the child to travel from Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Miami, Florida. Woodside was arrested when he arrived at the bus station in Miami to pick up the child upon her arrival.

The case will be prosecuted by the Miami Dade State Attorney’s Office. Woodside was booked into the Dade County Jail.

Louisiana has additional warrants charging Woodside with indecent behavior with a juvenile, human trafficking and computer aided solicitation of a minor.

For Further Information Contact: Gretl Plessinger, Keith Kameg or Steve Arthur FDLE Office of Public Information (850) 410-7001

###

Please do not respond to this e-mail. For e-mail communications, please contact gretlplessinger@fdle.state.fl.us or keithkameg@fdle.state.fl.us

SunDeck: What’s A-Twitter in FL Politics

AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement

ADVERTISEMENTS

Sachs Media Group

Florida Sports Fan

Archives

Popular Content

2013 Florida Capitol Press Corps Guide

2013 Florida Capitol Press Corps Guide

Sachs Media Group this week released its annual Capitol Press Corps Guide, the resource to find and connect with reporters who cover Florida from the capital city. The pocket-sized 2013 guide is a listing of all major news outlets in Florida that have capital bureaus, including contact information for individual reporters who cover issues of statewide importance. The 2013 guide includes reporters’ Twitter handles, recognizing the growing importance of social media in reporting. Supplies are limited. To request a hard copy, email herbie@sachsmedia.com.

Florida NewsMakers

Opinion

Understanding Recreational Bag Limits

May 23, 2013

Tweet Understanding recreational Bag Limits By Alan Peirce Fishing can sometimes be famine, but on the days when it is feast, it’s important to know your bag limit, aka the number of fish you can keep and take home for dinner. These limits are a useful tool in helping protect many of our recreationally important [...]

For National Trauma Awareness Month Let’s Agree: All Floridians Deserve Access to Trauma Care

May 21, 2013

Tweet For National Trauma Awareness Month Let’s Agree: All Floridians Deserve Access to Trauma Care By Dr. James M. Hurst May is National Trauma Awareness month, and it finds Florida trying to write a prescription for improving access to trauma care for everyone. As an expert in the field of trauma, I was somewhat encouraged [...]

Rep. Janet Cruz: The News from Cruz

May 14, 2013

Tweet 2013 Session Highlights By Rep. Janet Cruz As I return to District 62 from the 2013 legislative session I wanted to fill you in on some of the issues that we have been working on the past two months that might be of interest to you. Elections Perhaps one of the biggest issues this [...]