Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced charges against a Polk County man for allegedly sexually exploiting a child under the age of 12 in Orange and Polk Counties while speaking at a press conference in Lakeland this week.
According to an investigation, Rafiq Osborne McDonald allegedly sexually molested his girlfriend’s eight-year-old daughter while in his care and recorded the abuse while also possessing child sexual abuse material of the victim.
“Predators who sexually abuse children will be hunted down and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Uthmeier said in a release. “Thanks to our local law enforcement partners and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, this defendant is facing serious felony charges—including crimes that carry mandatory prison time. Florida is the safest place to raise a family, and we will keep it that way.”…