- April 25, 2024
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Flagler County Sheriff’s Office detectives traveled to West Virginia to help catch a man wanted for sex crimes against two children who had been under his care in Flagler County.
Suspect Donald Andrew Sharp, 21, had been arrested by the Huntington, West Virginia, Police Department on Aug. 13, 2022 on a felony warrant FCSO detectives obtained with nationwide extradition authority, according to an FCSO news release. Two additional felony charges were filed on Aug. 22, by the FCSO’s Major Case Unit.
Detectives believe Sharp abused children multiple times over the course of a year while babysitting them in Palm Coast. Detectives interviewed Sharp in West Virginia regarding multiple cases in which he is a suspect.
“This pervert took advantage of two children who are young enough to be in elementary school,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said, according to the news release. “He took away their childhood innocence, and now he’s learning how the long arm of the law really works. Our thanks to the Huntington Police Department for working alongside our Major Case Unit detectives to arrest him as a fugitive from justice so that he can be extradited back to Flagler County to answer for his horrendous crimes.”
Sharp is facing three felony charges: sexual battery on a victim under 12 years of age, principal to sexual battery on a victim under 12 years of age, and principal to lewd and lascivious molestation on a victim under 12 years of age.
