A Florida man who ran to Texas to escape a child sex crimes investigation is heading home on probation instead of serving time behind bars. Giovanni Curtis, 22, was sentenced to 10 years of probation on June 24 after striking a plea deal.
Circuit Judge Howard Maltz withheld adjudication during the sentencing, which followed Curtis’s guilty plea to two counts of child abuse. With the legal agreement finalized, Curtis was released from the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility in Flagler County.
The case originated in Florida, but Curtis left the state before local deputies could lock him up. The El Paso Police Department eventually tracked him down and arrested him in Texas back in November 2025 on a Flagler County fugitive warrant…