7/3/25
Jeffery Earl Lashley (9/11/59) was adjudicated guilty in 2004 on multiple sexual offenses thus designating him as a sexual predator. Lashley failed to remain in compliance with FDLE sexual offender/predator registration requirements.
On 6/30/25, Deputy Patrick Lockett discovered Lashley had been staying at a property in the Rosewood area that is not documented as part of his registration requirements. Deputy Lockett relayed this information as well as Lashley’s day-to-day activities to detectives. This information proved to be invaluable.
On 7/1/25, Detective Cody Weaver continued the investigation. Through the course of the investigation, multiple sexual predator violations were discovered. Detective Weaver discovered search engine history of “pedophilia” and “little girls in bathing suits”, as well as photographs of unidentified pre-pubescent girls in bathing suits found during a search of Lashley’s phone.
On 7/1/25, Detective Weaver arrested Lashley and charged him with 4 sexual predator violations. Lashley’s bond is set at $200,000. The LCSO takes sexual offender/predator violations seriously, and continually perform compliance reviews on all registered sexual offenders/predators. The LCSO knows that recidivism amongst those convicted of these heinous crimes is extremely high and want to ensure our public that we will continue to investigate these violations and make arrests.