PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — A man is charged after a father said he found a suspect in bed with his child, according to a report from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.
On Sunday, August 17, a Charlotte County deputy responded to a disturbance at a Port Charlotte home after a caller claimed he caught the suspect in a bed - on top of his seven-year-old daughter.
According to the report, the father of the child found Daniel D'Angelo, 53, shirtless with his jeans around his ankles - laying on top of the child. It said the father immediately grabbed D’Angelo, and the two men began to struggle.
The father took two pictures of the suspect that were later provided to investigators, according to CCSO.
The report noted those photographs appear to show D’Angelo pulling his jeans back up while still laying on the bed. The second is a picture of him walking out of the bedroom shirtless.
The child told authorities she woke up to D’Angelo laying on top of her and he was not wearing a shirt, according to the report. She told deputies he was touching her leg and putting his finger in her ear when her father walked into the bedroom.
Investigators also said they found a shirt belonging to D’Angelo, in the bed.
D’Angelo told authorities that he was set up.
The suspect was found to be a registered sex offender who was not registered at the location where he was staying, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.
D'Angelo is charged with Failure to Register as a Sexual Offender, and Lewd & Lascivious Conduct.
