Clearwater Man Charged in Molestation Case

CLEARWATER, FL — A 42-year-old Clearwater man faces lewd and lascivious molestation charges after Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies say he inappropriately touched a boy over the summer.

The case against Shawn Daly began to unfold in August 2015 when the 13-year-old boy told his mother about the alleged crime, an email from the sheriff’s office stated. The abuse allegedly occurred between June and July.

The teen told detectives Daly offered him “gifts, sexual favors, and touched him inappropriately,” an email from the sheriff’s office stated.

Daly was brought into custody Wednesday.

Through the course of their investigation, detectives learned similar allegations had been levied against Daly in Louisiana in 2011. Charges were never filed in that case.

Detectives believe Daly may have also had contact with other children. Anyone with information about other potential victims is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 727-582-6200.

Daly was booked into the Pinellas County Jail and was later released in lieu of $10,000 bond.

Booking photo courtesy of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office