Escambia Man Busted In Sexual Predator Investigation

December 13, 2013

An Escambia County man was arrested Wednesday morning after allegedly showing up to meet a teen boy for sex — but that teen turned out to be an investigator.

Donald Gough Jr, 37, was charged with traveling to meet a juvenile for sex and using a two way device (email) to facilitate a felony, ending a month long investigation.

According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Gough begin communicating on November 15 with a person he thought to be a 14-year old boy. The boy was actually a computer crimes investigator. During their conversations, Gough engaged in sexually explicit conversation and agreed to meet the boy Wednesday with the intention of having sex, deputies said.

Gough was arrested when he traveled to Nine Mile Road and Hummingbird Boulevard to meet the boy.

Gough remains in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $10,000.

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2 Responses to “Escambia Man Busted In Sexual Predator Investigation”

  1. Mark on December 13th, 2013 8:05 pm

    No one ever does that’s why they are so hard to find. Good job ECSO!

  2. Shocked on December 13th, 2013 10:15 am

    Delivered to this man for 3 years and never seen or heard anything inappropriate or out of the ordinary. We just never know…

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