Crime & Safety
Dunedin Youth Volunteer Arrested in Sex Crime
Steven J. Andrews, 29, faces three counts of sexual performance by a child. He is reportedly a volunteer at two Dunedin schools.
A Dunedin man is charged with paying a 12-year-old girl for sexual performances, authorities report.
Steven James Andrews, 29, volunteers at both and and is a part-time employee at the Child's Nest Daycare Center in Tampa, according to a release from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
According to deputies, Andrews paid the girl $100 to pose for pictures wearing different outfits and appearing “bound and gagged” while at a private residence in North Pinellas County on at least three occasions between August 2011 and February 2012.
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Authorities are unsure of how much money the girl received.
Deputies said the girl’s mother reported the crimes upon learning of them Feb. 5.
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Andrews is charged with three counts of sexual performance by a child and is being held on $30,000 bail.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with additional information about the suspect may contact Cpl. Dennis Garvey of the Crimes Against Children Unit at 727-582-6200.
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