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Registered Sex Offender Charged In Rape of Girl, 10

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By NEIL JOHNSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 25, 2008

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Byron Simmons

TAMPA - A registered sexual offender released from prison in November was arrested Sunday on a charge of raping a 10-year-old girl.

Byron Simmons, 29, was arrested just before 4 a.m. Sunday and charged with sexual battery of a child less than 12 years old, jail records show.

The arrest report said Simmons, 2404 N. 11th St., Tampa, picked up the victim from her home and drove her to Copeland Park on North 15th Street at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

There, he locked the doors to his van and raped the girl and later exacted a promise not to tell anyone or that he would hurt her, the report said.

He was arrested at an apartment on Inoma Street, the report said.

Simmons was released from prison on Nov. 24.

He was sentenced to five years in prison on Nov. 13, 2003 after being found guilty of a charge of attempted lewd and lascivious act on a child from 12 to 15 years old, Florida Department of Corrections records show.

Simmons is being held without bond at the Orient Road Jail, records show.

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