Yet Another Republican Arrested for Child Sexual Abuse

Fort Pierce City, FL Commissioner James Taylor, 38, has been arrested and charged with 24 felony counts following a multistate investigation into internet crimes against children.

The charges against the Republican politician, James Taylor, are related to a case that originated in Illinois in August 2024, when a local police department received a report from the mother of a 13-year-old girl.

The mother alleged that her daughter, who was only 12 years old at the time, had been contacted by a man via Snapchat. Over time, the conversations reportedly became sexually explicit, and the suspect allegedly sent multiple nude images to the minor. Illinois detectives traced the suspect’s online activity to St. Lucie County, Florida.

In May 2025, they contacted the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, and after reviewing the digital evidence, it was James Taylor harassing the minor.

Taylor now faces 24 felony charges, including six counts each of transmission of materials harmful to minors by electronic equipment, transfer or display of obscenity to a minor, harmful communication to a minor, and lewd computer solicitation. He also faces four counts of lewd computer solicitation of a child and two counts of solicitation of transmission of child pornography.

Taylor is currently in custody at the St. Lucie County Jail, and his bond has been set at $250,000.