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A volunteer at Ignited Church in Lakeland was arrested Monday on charges he molested a 13-year-old girl, a Sheriff's Office report said. Mark Osgood, 19, is charged with lewd battery and lewd molestation, second-degree felonies.

BARTOW | A former youth leader at a Lakeland church pleaded guilty Thursday to molesting two girls whose family attended the church.

BARTOW | A former youth leader at a Lakeland church pleaded guilty today to molesting two girls whose families attended the church.

By JASON GEARY THE LEDGER BARTOW | A teenager accused of raping a female Lakeland High School classmate accepted a plea deal Wednesday that allows him to avoid being labeled a sex offender. Devante Atmore, 17, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery. Originally, he had been charged with sexual battery.

BARTOW | A 27-year-old Lakeland man accepted a plea deal Friday in the fatal shooting of Vincent Theismann. Jonathan Vonador pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, armed burglary and attempted armed robbery. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Vonador is to be sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Lakeland financial planner Gregory Crum wipes his hands after being fingerprinted in court . As part of a plea deal , Crum plead guilty to lewd molestation in exchange for a 4 year prison sentence for molesting a 14 year old girl that was job shadowing him. in Bartow.

A former volunteer of First Baptist Church at the Mall accused of molesting boys decided Wednesday morning to change his plea rather than risk going to trial.

A Lakeland man is accused of lewd battery against a 14-year-old girl and directing a 13-year-old girl to send him sexually explicit photographs of herself.

A Mulberry man accused of lewd molestation of a girl younger than 12 pleaded guilty Thursday in Circuit Court to two counts of third-degree felony child abuse.