For Immediate Release
October 23, 2025
Pensacola, Fla. - Inspectors, agents and analysts with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) partnered with the Florida Highway Patrol, Florida Department of Agriculture, Homeland Security Investigations, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, United States Marshals Service, Escambia County Sheriff's Office, Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office, Gulf Breeze Police Department, Marion County Sheriff's Office, and the Lake City Police Department to conduct Operation Twelve Parsecs, resulting in 13 arrests.
The five-day online operation targeted predators who were engaging in sexually explicit and harmful communication with minors, transmitting child sexual abuse material, and arranging to meet a minor for sexual activity.
The following individuals were arrested and charged as a result of the operation:
Nicholas Beech, 27, of Eight Mile, Ala.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony; transmission of harmful material to a minor
Marshall Blansett, 39, of Pensacola, Fla.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, transmission of harmful material to a minor
Duran Brown, 18, of Pensacola, Fla.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony
Royce Cromer, 39, of Pensacola, Fla.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony
Micah Costner, 18, of Gulf Shores, Ala.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony
Christopher Glover, 47, of Grand Bay, Ala.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony; transmission of harmful material to a minor, resisting arrest without violence
David Girard, 70, of Robertsdale, Ala.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony
Noah Kimmons, 19, of Pensacola, Fla.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony
William Pierce, 52, of Pensacola, Fla.
Charges: transmission of harmful material to a minor, use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, promoting the sexual performance by a child
Robby Robertson, 47, of Pensacola, Fla.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony
Ricardo Del Rosario, 38, of Pensacola, Fla.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony
Ranger Shindle, 19, of Crestview, Fla.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony; transmission of harmful material to a minor
Chad Wren, 56, of Pensacola, Fla.
Charges: seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct; travel to meet a minor for sexual activity; use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony The cases will be prosecuted by the State Attorney's Office, First Judicial Circuit. The investigation remains active and ongoing.
Additionally, FDLE and the Escambia County Sheriff's Office conducted a three-day enforcement operation focused on verifying the residential addresses of registered sexual offenders and sexual predators. During the initiative, contact was made with 130 registrants residing within Escambia County. The investigation remains ongoing.
FDLE remains committed to protecting children by proactively monitoring offender compliance and working in close partnership with local, state, and federal agencies to prevent exploitation and hold accountable those who seek to harm minors.
Citizens can access Florida's Sex Offender Registry by downloading the FDLE Mobile App or online: Florida's Sex Offender Registry at Sexual Offenders and Predators Search.
To review tips for keeping your children safe online, visit the FDLE website: secureflorida.org/Family-Safety/BPParents.
For Further Information Contact:
FDLE Office of Public Information
Info@fdle.state.fl.us