{"id":47717,"date":"2021-03-09T14:45:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=47717"},"modified":"2021-03-09T14:46:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:46:03","slug":"labelle-man-arrested-on-several-sex-related-charges-involving-kids-over-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/03\/labelle-man-arrested-on-several-sex-related-charges-involving-kids-over-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"LaBelle man arrested on several sex-related charges involving kids over 30 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Hendry County Sheriff\u2019s Office said Monday that it has solved a 30-year-old sexual battery case involving several young victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mug1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47718\" width=\"267\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mug1.png 437w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mug1-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mug1-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><figcaption>Robert Michael Gatch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators received a complaint and information in November regarding the sexual battery of a child under 12 that occurred 30 years prior.&nbsp;A four-month investigation uncovered six separate victims of similar age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HCSO says detectives traveled as far as western North Carolina to interview the victims. Searches of the suspect\u2019s home turned computers containing images of child pornography, investigators say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect, Robert Michael Gatch, 66, was arrested at his home in LaBelle. He remains in the Hendry County Jail on $440,000 bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He faces charges of sexual battery of a victim under 12 and possession of child pornography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HCSO says the investigation is ongoing and more charges could be filed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hendry County Sheriff\u2019s Office said Monday that it has solved a 30-year-old sexual battery case involving several young victims. Investigators received a complaint and information in November regarding the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":47718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}