WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A Winter Haven man is behind bars after police say he dedicated lewd battery on a teen he met at a bus cease.
The backstory:
Based on the Winter Haven Police Division, on Could 8, 9, and 14, 2025, 20-year-old Loy Don Stewart, II, pulled as much as the bus cease positioned at Edwin St NE and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and referred to as to the sufferer saying, “come right here little mama”.
Police say the 2 finally exchanged Instagram accounts and talked for a brief interval till his account was closed by Instagram.
On three events, police say Stewart took the sufferer from her bus cease and dropped her off in school.
The sufferer instructed police Stewart had lewd interactions along with her in his truck on the three events.
Dig deeper:
Police say Stewart gave the sufferer e-cigarettes and promised her alcohol and money for the Could 14 encounter.
He was supposed to provide her the objects on Could 19, 2025, in accordance with WHPD. However, the sufferer instructed a mother or father what was taking place and she or he was not on the bus cease on the 19.
After interviewing the sufferer, detectives confirmed that Stewart lived on the Edwin Road residence the place they positioned the truck he was driving that matched the outline the sufferer gave.
Picture of Loy Don Stewart courtesy of the Winter Haven Police Division.
On Tuesday, Could 20, 2025, detectives spoke with Stewart and confirmed that he drove the pickup truck to the bus cease and talked with the sufferer. Detectives say he additionally admitted he drove the sufferer to her faculty and acknowledged the lewd acts inside the truck.
Stewart claimed the sufferer instructed him she was 17 or 18 years previous, however he could not bear in mind.
Stewart was arrested and charged with three counts of lewd battery, three counts of touring to fulfill a minor and one rely of use of digital gadget to solicit a minor.
What they’re saying:
“I implore mother and father to be hyper-vigilant in regards to the faculty bus stops,” stated Police Chief Vance Monroe. “It is all the time a good suggestion to associate with different mother and father and attempt to have a presence to make sure the protection of the youngsters.”
What you are able to do:
Another victims who might have encountered Stewart on the bus cease, are requested to contact Detective Heuer at 863-291-5304.
The Supply: This story was written with data supplied by the Winter Haven Police Division.
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