Mentally challenged Florida man charged with 20 child porn counts and accused of raping the family dog
A Deltona, Florida, man with a history of mental illness, was arrested on multiple charges of possession of child pornography. Additional animal cruelty and bestiality charges are still pending as detectives also recovered video of the man sexually abusing the family dog.
Jobe was involved in an altercation last month when his cell phone was stolen. Deputies with the Volusia Sheriff’s Office discovered the disturbing files after his phone was recovered by law enforcement.
Joshua Jobe, 20, was beaten and initially appeared to be the victim last month of a robbery, Volusia County sheriff’s reports said. Jobe told deputies he had tried to hire a woman for sex on July 22, but he only had $5. Deputies said he ended up getting a beating from the woman’s boyfriend. The pair also stole his cellphone, a report said. ~ Daytona Beach News-Journal
When detectives examined the phone, they discovered about 1,400 files of child pornography. On Friday, the 20-year-old Jobe was preliminarily charged with 20 counts of child porn possession and ordered held without bond.
The analysis of Jobe’s phone also revealed numerous text conversations containing claims of access to children, and sexual contact with them. He had multiple conversations about raping children and babies.
The Sheriff’s Office stated that there is no solid evidence proving that Jobe personally had access to, or sexually abused any children.
In addition to the vast amount of child pornography and the text conversations, detectives discovered multiple videos of Jobe forcing sex on or having sexual contact with a dog. It was the same dog in each video.
Deputies removed the dog, “Brownie,” from the home. At the Sheriff’s Office request, Volusia County Animal Services responded to assist in the case. Through a partnership with the University of Florida’s Veterinary Forensic Sciences Program, a forensic pathologist responded to the scene to assist with evidence collection and care for the dog.
Jobe has autism and functions with the mental capacity of someone younger than his age. In 2016, then living in DeLand, it was reported that Jobe had sexually abused a different family dog. In that case, Jobe was taken into custody under The Baker Act and the dog was surrendered to Animal Services.
Additional charges against Jobe are still pending.
Anyone with any potential information regarding this case is asked to contact the Volusia County Child Exploitation Unit at 386-323-3574.
(Cover photo, Joshua Jobe Booking Photo, Image credit: Volusia Sheriff’s Office)
(Source: Volusia Sheriff’s Office)
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