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Man molested 6-year-old girl at hurricane shelter, Florida deputies say

John Stapleton, 60, is charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under 12.
Credit: Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
John Stapleton is arrested after allegedly molesting a girl at a hurricane shelter.

A homeless man molested a 6-year-old girl at a hurricane shelter, Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies say.

John Stapleton, 60, is charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under 12.

A witness told deputies she saw a recording of Stapleton touching the victim under her clothes. Investigators looked at the video.

Deputies say he admitted to touching the girl, but he said it was not in a lewd matter.

The incident happened at a middle school that was being used as a shelter during Hurricane Michael.

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