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DISTURBING CHARGES.
TODAY INVESTIGATORS IN
FLORIDA FILED MORE
THAN SIXTY ADDITIONAL
CRIMINAL COUNTS
AGAINST A 41-YEAR-OLD
ACUSHNET MAN ACCUSED
OF TRYING TO SOLICIT A
MINOR, ONLINE.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER JENNIFER
MOBILIA JOINS US LIVE
NOW WITH THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS.
(J-MO)
ANTHONY DESILVA WAS
ALREADY CHARGED WITH
TEN COUNTS OF USING A
COMPUTER TO SEDUCE A
CHILD, AND ONE COUNT
OF TRANSMITTING
MATERIAL HARMFUL TO A
CHILD --
TODAY, HE PLEADED NOT
GUILTY TO 64 ADDITIONAL
CHARGES.
(J-MO)
DESILVA WAS ARRESTED
AT HIS ACUSHNET HOME
LAST WEEK -- AND
TRANSPORTED TO
FLORIDA --- WHERE HE
APPEARED IN COURT
TODAY VIA VIDEO
CONFERENCE.
POLK COUNTY
INVESTIGATORS SAY
DESILVA CONTACTED A
16-YEAR-OLD BOY AND
ASKED HIM FOR ***
PICTURES OF HIMSELF.
THE BOY TOLD HIS MOM,
WHO TOLD POLICE --
INVESTIGATORS THEN
WENT UNDERCOVER AND
TOOK OVER THE TEEN'S
ACCOUNT AND HIS
FRIEND'S.
THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY
DESILVA TRIED TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
BOTH BOYS TO COME TO
MASSACHUSETTS FOR A
*** ENCOUNTER.
(J-MO)
THIS MORNING, POLICE
CHARGED DESILVA WITH
TWO NEW COUNTS OF
TRAVELING TO MEET A
MINOR --
AS WELL AS TWO COUNTS
OF ENCOURAGING A CHILD
TO ENGAGE IN ***
PERFORMANCE.
(J-MO)
AND THIS AFTERNOON,
PROSECUTORS ALSO
ADDED THREE FELONY
COUNTS OF USING A
COMPUTER TO SEDUCE A
CHILD WHILE
MISREPRESENTING AGE --
SAYING DESILVA TOLD THE
BOYS HE WAS 39 INSTEAD
OF 41.
AND 57 COUNTS OF USING
A TWO-WAY DEVICE TO
FACILITATE A FELONY --
ONE, FOR EACH TEXT,
EMAIL, OR FACEBOOK
MESSAGE HE EXCHANGED
WITH WHO HE THOUGHT
WERE THE TEENAGE
BOYS.
(J-MO)
DESILVA WAS A COACH
FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS
MAPLE LEAFS, A CLUB
TEAM MADE UP OF
PLAYERS AGES 16 TO 20
YEARS OLD.
HE IS NOW BEING HELD IN
A FLORIDA JAIL ON 182
THOUSAND DOLLARS
BOND.
JENNIFER MOBILIA,
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
(S)
NEW AT FIVE -- A FORMER