Couple is hung out to dry for sex on the beach
A US man and woman convicted of having sex on a public beach in the presence of a child face up to 15 years in prison, and might have to register as sex offenders, their lawyer said on Tuesday. Elissa Alvarez, 20, and Jose Caballero, 40, were arrested on Bradenton Beach in Florida in July after other beachgoers, among them the mother of a four-year-old who saw the activity, called police to complain. A video of the pair in the apparent throes of passion was taken.A jury on Monday found the pair guilty of lewd or lascivious exhibition in front of a child, a second-degree felony, after deliberating for 15 minutes.Prior to trial, the defendants rejected plea deals that would have limited Caballero's penalty to 2.5 years in prison and Alvarez's punishment to 90 days in jail.The deal would also have spared the pair from registering as sex offenders...
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