Spc. Shawn Stacy Sapp, 38, plead guilty to Lewd or lascivious conduct victim under 16 years old by offender 18 years or older; F.S. 800.04(6)(b (PRINCIPAL) then, was taken back in the military for actice duty at Fort Hood, Texas.
Sapp was in Fernandina Beach, Florida on leave when his crime occurred in 2003, Rackleff said. She said he was arrested in Texas in 2005 after returning from overseas deployment and extradited to Florida. He was in jail for nearly two years before reaching the plea deal, Sacks said.
Initially he was charged with one count of lewd and lascivious conduct and four counts of sexual battery involving a minor. Prosecutors dropped the sexual battery counts under the plea agreement.
The U.S. Army took Sapp, now a registered sex offender, back and put him in active duty as a helicopter mechanic.