- December 4, 2025
A registered sex offender in Palm Coast was arrested on Sept. 16 following a four-month investigation.
Gary Durso, 57, is facing possession of child sexual abuse material charges. The Flagler County Sheriff's Office received a tip In May about an online account tied to Durso through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's CyberTipline, a FCSO press release said.
A review of the files linked to Durso's account found pornographic images, including confirmed child sexual abuse material identified by NCMEC's Child Victim Identification Program, the press release said. The investigation was conducted by FCSO's Cyber Crimes/ICAC Unit and the Northeast Florida Inter-Agency Child Exploitation and Persons Trafficking Task Force.
The FCSO Cyber Crimes Unit and members of the NEFL Task Force served a search warrant on Durso's residence on Sept. 16, where "numerous electronics — including laptops, cellphones, and flash drives — containing suspected child sexual abuse material" were found.
Durso was arrested and taken to the Flagler County jail. Additional charges are pending a forensic analysis of the electronics, the press release said.
Durso has been a registered sex offender since 2013 when he was convicted in Osceola County for traveling to meet a minor to commit an unlawful sexual offense, the press release said. Because he is a repeat offender, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years of prison under Florida law.
