HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A 24-year-old man was arrested earlier this week in Broward County after he confessed to having sex with a juvenile who had been reported missing from a different county in Florida, authorities confirmed.
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According to Hollywood police spokeswoman Deanna Bettineschi, officers responded to the 5000 block of Arthur Street on Sunday to pick up a girl who had been reported missing from a different Florida county.
Bettineschi said the person who reported the girl’s location told officers that he or she believed that the victim had been communicating with a man in the area.
According to Bettineschi, Edward Joseph Rummel was then taken into custody Monday and confessed to detectives that he had engaged in sexual intercourse with the minor, claiming that he thought she was 20 years old.
Rummel was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a victim 12-16 years of age, lewd/lascivious molestation of a victim 12-16 years of age, and possession of a device containing child pornography.
As of Wednesday morning, Rummel was being held at the Paul Rein Detention Facility on a $110,000 bond.