The Federal Bureau of Investigations (“FBI”) arrested a cruise passenger final week on expenses of abusive sexual contact with a younger woman on a cruise ship, in line with paperwork filed in federal courtroom for the Southern District of Florida.
The FBI arrested 47 year-old Justin Dale Sigmon on the Carnival Sunshine when the cruise ship returned to port in Miami, Florida.
Based on the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office’s website, Sigmon was an worker of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Workplace on the time of the arrest.
Sigmon was touring along with his household when one other passenger videotaped him “molesting a (9 year-old) woman,” in line with native Virginia information station WDBJ7. On the time of the incident, Sigmon was along with his household within the eating room of the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship ready for dinner to be served. The arresting FBI agent’s affidavit signifies that one other passenger noticed Sigmon molesting the woman who was sitting on his lap. The courtroom file signifies the kid is his daughter.
The video reportedly reveals Sigmon rubbing his daughter’s “higher and internal thighs beneath the skirt of her costume in direction of her vagina and buttocks.” Throughout a number of factors, the minor pushed Sigmon’s hand away. “Instantly after the kid received off of his lap, Sigmon positioned each of his fingers over his crotch space for an prolonged interval of time, concealing the world from public view.”
When the FBI boarded the ship and interviewed Sigmon, the courtroom file signifies that he “instructed legislation enforcement that he understood that the touching might be perceived as ‘inappropriate,’ however claimed that it was not meant to be ‘sexual.” Sigmon acknowledged that if one other man touched his daughter in the identical manner he would have “punched him within the face.” Sigmon additionally acknowledged that he was overlaying his crotch space instantly following the touching as a result of he was “chilly,” and “denied being aroused by the incident.”
You’ll be able to learn the courtroom file here.
The Franklin County Workplace of the Sheriff issued a statement:
“The Franklin County Workplace of the Sheriff was not too long ago contacted concerning a federal prison cost out of the state of Florida involving certainly one of our members. Since that point, now we have been working to collect all the data we are able to primarily based on the restricted quantity offered by federal authorities. On Friday, June 2nd, 2023, we made the announcement to the employees of the Workplace of the Sheriff that Justin Sigmon had resigned his place. Our prayers are with the Sigmon Household.”
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