A Lake County jury has found a Fruitland Park man, Jerry Lynn Adams, guilty of sexually assaulting a child, following a thorough investigation that began last summer. Adams, 48, now faces a mandatory life sentence.
A jury has convicted a 48-year-old Fruitland Park man on multiple counts of sexual battery and molestation involving a child under the age of 12. Following a week-long trial in Lake County, Jerry Lynn Adams was found guilty of Sexual Battery Upon a Child Less Than Twelve Years of Age and Lewd or Lascivious Molestation of a Child Less Than Twelve Years of Age.
His sentencing will be scheduled at a later date, and he faces a mandatory life sentence in prison.
The verdict, delivered in the courtroom of Judge Heidi Davis, follows an investigation that began in August 2023. The Tavares Police Department was alerted by a complainant who reported that a minor child had been sexually abused…