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Jul 22, 2021 | 7:21 PM
Holly Hill, FL – The Holly Hill Police arrested 50-year-old Lawrence Williams, a foster parent, on Tuesday, July 20, on one charge of Sexual Battery on a Person Less than 12 Years of Age and another of Lewd/Lascivious Molestation on a Person Between Ages 12 and 18. Though the warrant was no-bond, Volusia County Judge Wesley Heidt set bond at $85,000, which Williams was able to pay, bonding out about 28 hours after being booked. The Holly Hill Police Department (HHPD) wants the bond revoked saying that one person involved in the foster process did note that Williams was "extremely anxious to foster children and wanted to foster younger white females." An investigation was launched in late May after a tip came into the Florida Department of Children and Families hotline in late May. When the investigation began, there were six foster children living with the suspect and his wife. Records show the couple had been fostering since March 2020 so many others may have come through. HHPD is asking for charges against Williams in connection to at least three other foster children, all young girls. Officials say the children are safe now. Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood had this to say about the case on his Facebook page: "It seems like every couple of years, we have to raise hell to get a judge to pull their head out of their ass and apply common sense to a case that presents a threat to our community, and especially our children. Not too long ago it was the case of Mark Fugler, and we had to go all the way to Tallahassee to right that wrong." Chitwood says he knows the State Attorney’s Office "is working diligently on getting a hearing to correct this injustice. But why do our judges allow this to happen in the first place?"
Holly-hillFloridaUnited-statesVolusiaVolusia-countyHolly-hill-police-departmentMark-fuglerMike-chitwoodWesley-heidtLawrence-williamsFlorida-department-of-childrenAttorney-officeSheriffs from three Central Florida counties are with other law enforcement officers on a fact-finding trip to the U.S.-Mexico border organized by Florida Congresswoman Kat Cammack. WESH 2's Claire Metz spoke with Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly and Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood via Zoom along the Rio Grande."They're bringing across weapons, they're bringing across drugs, they're smuggling human beings," Sheriff Chitwood said.Related: Gov. DeSantis commits local law enforcement to the southern borderSheriff Mike Chitwood says a three-day trip to Texas and the border has been a migrant crisis crash course, one he felt obligated to take because he foresees his and other agencies being called on to bolster Border Patrol."It's a matter of time before we start sending deputy sheriffs from around the state of Florida down here. I think it's important, as a leader, to come down and see what my men and women are going to get into," Sheriff Chitwood said.Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly says the team witnessed first hand the flood of immigrants illegally crossing into America, 200 during late-night hours on Wednesday, a tactic Sheriff Staly has learned that Mexican drug cartels use often to overwhelm Border Patrol. "To focus them in one area, and then they are running their drugs and human trafficking in another area that now is wide open," Sheriff Staly said."They tie up Border Patrol, and then they have all these openings to come in, to bring in guns, to bring in drugs, to bring in human smuggling," Sheriff Chitwood said.The sheriffs say drugs are a huge issue for their communities. In Volusia County, Sheriff Chitwood says so far this year, there have been more than 1,000 overdose cases and 300 deaths tied to fentanyl, much of it coming in through the Texas border."They've seized, so far year to date, almost 480 pounds of fentanyl. That's enough fentanyl to kill every Florida resident nine times over," Sheriff Chitwood said.Sheriff Staly says what happens there has a direct impact in Flagler County."There are major investigations going on now that link back to this area, that link back to Mexico," Sheriff Staly said.Both sheriffs are committed to sending deputies, should they be asked because they believe the crisis on the southern border is a threat to safety at home. The sheriffs say the cost of the trip, which is about $850, is coming out of drug forfeiture funds. Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods is also there.
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