FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A St. Lucie County man was caught with more than 150 images of child pornography after he lured two children to his bedroom to play video games, and then sexually assaulted them, the sheriff said.
Cevyon Jaden Akin Walton, 21, is facing 168 counts of possession of child pornography, as well as dozens of other charges including capital sexual battery on a child under the age of 12.
Walton is being held without bond in the St. Lucie County jail.
"It's the most egregious, egregious crime that we see," St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara said at a news conference Thursday.
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Mascara said the victims were 10 and 11 years old and regularly went to a home where Walton lived to play online video games in his bedroom.
According to the sheriff, one of the victims took his older brother to the home on Sept. 29 to play Roblox. While looking for the game on Walton's desktop computer, the older brother found nude images of his sibling on the device, Mascara said.
"The older brother actually identified the child pornography on the computer, and that's how all of this rolled into what it is today," Mascara said.
St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office investigators said that, so far, they've uncovered at least 168 images of child pornography on Walton's digital devices, with the suspect appearing to have sex with children in some of those files.
Investigators questioned Walton on Oct. 1 when he was already in the St. Lucie County Jail on an unrelated burglary charge.
According to Walton's arrest report, he admitted to having "sexual contact with a child once a week or once every two weeks" from January through Sept. 11.
"I asked him how this started; he sighed and said, 'A very drunken night, day not night, my bad.' I asked him if this was a mistake and he said, 'Definitely,'" the arrest report stated.
Walton told detectives that he's a "sex addict who does not prefer children," the report added.
WPTV talked to residents of Walton's neighborhood, who told us they were sickened when hearing the news.
"It's very shocking to me because, like I said, I raised my kids here," resident Terry Williams said. "It's quiet [here]. Everyone keeps to themselves."
"It's crazy because I probably know the guy. I'm 20. He's 21, so I've probably seen him around," resident Ostr Dentilus added.
Dentilus and Williams said since they have kids in their own families, the news especially hits home, adding that they just hope the neighborhood can return to normalcy.
"Just shows you got to take care of your kids, watch your kids," Dentilus said. "I've been living here for 12 years, and I never knew. That's crazy."
Mascara said the sheriff's office believes there are more victims out there. Anyone with information about Walton is urged to call the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office at 772-462-3230 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 800-273-TIPS.
"After today, we expect these numbers to increase once parents realize that this animal lived in their backyard," Mascara said.
