McMullen guilty of sex crimes

Charles 'Chuck' Calvin McMullen, who worked with the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office at different times from 1989 to September, 2005, and worked as an agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's child sex crimes unit was found guilty last Saturday on nine counts of child sex crimes.

A Santa Rosa County jury deliberated about three and a half hours Saturday before finding McMullen guilty of one count of sexual battery of a child under the age of 12, one count of promoting sexual performance of a child and seven counts of lewd or lascivious molestation. He is scheduled to be sentenced this Saturday.

McMullen was working as a supervisor with FDLE in November, 2016, when he was arrested and charged with two felony counts of sexual assault-battery of a victim under the age of 12 and lewd and lascivious behavior on a victim less than 12.

A few days later, two other young boys came forward with allegations that McMullen had also sexually abused them. The four boys were between the ages of 8 and 10.

McMullen had been free on $1.5 million bond at the time of his trial.

McMullen has maintained his innocence since being first arrested. Reports at the time of the arrest state that when investigators told McMullen about the allegations against him he began to cry and denied any wrong doing.