Winter Haven Man Faces 80 Charges Including Getting Teen Pregnant

WINTER HAVEN, FL -- A 33-year-old Winter Haven man is facing more than 80 charges after a Polk County Sheriff's Office investigation into an allegation he got a minor teen girl pregnant twice.

Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives obtained an arrest warrant on June 22 for James McArthur Johnson for impregnating a child under 16 and two counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a minor.

Detectives say Johnson had an ongoing relationship with the teen and got her pregnant twice. They say the girl’s second pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage. That's when her parents became aware of the relationship and contacted the sheriff's office.

Deputies say they went to Johnson’s home to arrest him and saw Johnson handing something in a small baggy to a man who rode up to his house on a bike.

Deputies spoke to the bicyclist, who allegedly said Johnson sold him some synthetic marijuana. Deputies then saw another person approach the home and conduct a similar transaction. That person told deputies that Johnson is a known drug dealer and possesses several firearms.

Deputies took Johnson into custody on the arrest warrant for the sex crimes against a child and then obtained a search warrant for his home where they reportedly found:
• Two loaded firearms and several rounds of ammunition

• Multiple baggies of marijuana (total weight 42.3 grams)

• 9.7 grams of heroin

• 0.1 gram meth

• $760 cash

• Photos of the child he fathered with the victim, and the hospital band belonging to the victim from when she delivered the baby.

Johnson also faces the following charges:

• 75 counts of possession of ammunition and a firearm by a convicted felon

• 1 count of armed trafficking in heroin

• 1 count of possession with intent to sell heroin

• 1 count of possession of a structure to sell drugs

• 1 count of possession of marijuana with intent to sell

• 1 count of possession of marijuana over 20 grams

• 1 count of possession of drug paraphernalia

Johnson has already served time in state prison on three occasions. He is being held without bond. Johnson is a convicted felon, and has been to state prison three times on charges ranging from armed robber, burglary, grand theft and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was released from prison in 2014.

"This is a violent, dangerous man. We hope his next trip to state prison is a lengthy one - he clearly does not know how to obey any law. He's what you call a true menace to society,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

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