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Child Predator Found Hiding Under Floorboards
The Skinny:
- Travis Kyle Hoose, a 36-year-old wanted for a child sex crime, was apprehended in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
- Law enforcement officers from the U.S. Marshals Florida Caribbean Regional Task Force discovered Hoose attempting to escape through a crawl space accessed via a hole in the bedroom floor.
- Hoose faces charges of lewd and lascivious battery on a child, failure to obey law enforcement orders to stop, obstruction, and violation of parole.
In a shocking incident in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, law enforcement officials successfully apprehended a fugitive wanted for a child sex crime.
Travis Kyle Hoose, 36, was arrested on Wednesday morning after members of the U.S. Marshals Florida Caribbean Regional Task Force executed a warrant for his arrest. The arrest took place at a residence in DeFuniak Springs, where Hoose was found hiding under the floorboards.
The Marshals, accompanied by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, entered the residence and swiftly located Hoose attempting to escape through a crawl space accessed via a hole in the bedroom floor.
Fortunately, perimeter units were able to apprehend him without incident. Photographs from the scene reveal the hidden hole under a bed and the grimy crawlspace leading to the back of the property, highlighting Hoose’s desperate attempt to evade capture.
Travis Kyle Hoose was wanted for lewd and lascivious battery on a child, along with charges of failure to obey law enforcement orders to stop, obstruction, and violation of parole.
The seriousness of the charges emphasizes the significance of his capture and subsequent arrest. Hoose’s actions had put the community at risk, and law enforcement officers spared no effort to ensure his apprehension.
As of Thursday morning, Hoose remains in custody at the Walton County Jail, with a bond set at $100,000.
Sheriff Michael Adkinson praised the dedication and effectiveness of law enforcement officers, acknowledging the dangers they face in their line of duty. He reassured the public that, regardless of how resourceful criminals may try to be, the outcome will always be the same—culprits behind bars, and justice served.
Mitch
May 8, 2023 at 6:53 pm
“Justice served”? How do you serve “justice” on a child who has been violated by a predator’s “lewd and lascivious battery on a child”?
Robert
May 8, 2023 at 9:57 pm
You hang the SOB by his nutz
John
May 8, 2023 at 8:03 pm
The closest I can think of is to place him in general population.
Ewell Besahri
May 8, 2023 at 9:17 pm
General population at a supermax prison seems the least his sentence should be.
Ron C
May 8, 2023 at 11:48 pm
And for his next trick, the scumbag Travis can identify as a woman and have to be put in with women prisoners?
Ted
May 9, 2023 at 12:42 am
Now if only they would keep his sorry ass in gen pop until he wakes up DEAD.
Talltexan
May 9, 2023 at 6:05 am
I only subscribed to this site because they do not use Disqus as their liberal gate-keepers. So yeah….more and more press should be given to those law enforcement personnel that are chasing child predators. Good to see this piece of trash headed for prison. One down, and millions to go. What a monumental task…!
Edith
May 10, 2023 at 10:46 am
What a disgusting and vile human being – all those tattoos would make the kids horribly frightened, let alone the violation of a child. Hanging him immediately, that they would have done in the old days would be too good for him.