This FL Weatherman Arrested as a Pedophile} What is The Age of Consent?

Former WPTV NewsChannel 5 weatherman Robert J. Lopicola’s first

 appearance in court has been delayed until Wednesday on charges 

related to unlawful sexual activity with minors he met through Craigslist.

 

POLICE HANDOUT

 Robert Lopicola

Cloudy with a good chance of going to prison was the forecast Tuesday for a muscle-bound former Florida weatherman who is accused of having sex with two teenage boys.

Rob Lopicola, who was once a popular fixture on WPTV in West Palm Beach, was revealed in arrest affidavits to be predator with a pierced penis who made no secret about his desire for young guys — and wanted them to call him “Dad.”

“That’s why I like young,” he wrote in one sick message to a 15-year-old who now lives in Michigan. “And 15 is perfect baby. 10th or 9th grade?”

Lopicola was arrested Monday and charged with lewd or lascivious battery, computer pornography and child exploitation, and unlawful sexual activity with minors.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says the charges against Lopicola stem from two separate incidents dating back to 2010.

In the first, Lopicola had sex with a 15-year-old from Boca Raton he met via a Craigslist ad.

The teenager told cops he initially lied to Lopicola about being 18 and that the former weatherman was pleased when he fessed up to being 15. He said they wound up having sex in Lopicola’s car.

Lopicola and the boy continued to correspond when he moved to a Detroit suburb and much of the filthy back and forth is contained in the arrest affidavit.

In the second incident, the mother of a 17-year-old high school junior in West Palm Beach came home and discovered a naked Lopicola cowering in her shower.

The teenager told cops he answered Lopicola’s Craigslist ad and that the ex-weatherman came over to his house for sex.

Lopicola’s sudden departure from the TV station in 2006 — despite high ratings and praise for his hurricane coverage — was never explained.

After leaving the weather beat, Lopicola became a personal trainer and then a timeshare salesman. When he was busted, Lopicola was tending bar and working as a stripper at a local gay bar. 

If anybody wonders out there,  at what age  can you be pegged as a sex offender or pedophile? As per Wikipedia, "The ages of consent in North America for sexual activity vary by jurisdiction.

While the phrase age of consent rarely appears in legal statutes, when used in relation to sexual activity, the age of consent is the minimum age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts. It should not be confused with the age of majority, age of criminal responsibility, the marriageable age, the voting age, the drinking age, driving age, or other purposes. Laws vary widely, and while most jurisdictions set the age of consent in the range 15 to 18, ages of consent as low as 13 and as high as 20 exist.

The age of consent in Canada is 16. All U.S. states set their limits between 16 and 18. 

The age of consent varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.  The relevant age may also vary by the type of sexual act, the gender of the actors, or other restrictions such as abuse of a position of trust. Some jurisdictions may also make allowances for minors engaged in sexual acts with each other, rather than a single age. Charges resulting from a breach of these laws may range from a misdemeanor such as corruption of a minor, to what is popularly called statutory rape (which is considered equivalent to rape, both in severity and sentencing).”

Your responsibility as a single adult is to know the age in your city and state…that is if you are into guys younger than you. Saying that the guy lied to you, particularly if he or she looks very young will get you a guilty verdict. A guilty verdict will get you jail, fines and marked for life and in a predator’s list for life. As in any circumstance that puts your hand on the trigger…..this time could be the rule of chance if you are not actively looking for it…….My advise to you is..Think before you shoot.

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