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When convicted felons are released from state prison, they must provide the Florida Department of Corrections with an address where they intend to live and then must register with the sheriff's office in that county. But that's it. In Flagler County however, Sheriff Rick Staly goes beyond that requirement.
Palm Coast's Jerome Byron Malerba, 47, was sentenced to seven years in prison, two years on probation and a lifetime as a sex offender.
Andrew Sharp, 22, of Palm Coast and Huntington, W.Va., is guilty of raping his cousin, 9, and of directing her brother to molest her.
A jury found Jerome Malerba, 47, guilty of cyber-stalking a child, soliciting her, and illegally using a phone. His victim was 14 and 15.
Jessy Gilbreath, 28, of Palm Coast, faces a capital felony charge of child rape--the 1st such local charge under a new death penalty law.