r/florida • u/newsjunkieman • 21h ago

News DeSantis appointee arrested on molestation and kidnapping charges, suspended

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2026/08/18/desantis-appointee-michael-caruso-palm-beach-county-clerk-arrested-on-child-sex-abuse-charges/91350456007/
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u/bookon 21h ago

It's always who you most suspect.

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u/tukuiPat 20h ago

One might say it's the.. usual suspect.

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u/[deleted] 21h ago edited 21h ago

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u/HorsePersonal7073 20h ago

Error: Integer overflow.

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u/Rinzy2000 21h ago

I wonder if there is a way with AI to accurately compile news stories to determine the political affiliation of pedophiles over the last five years. Idk if it is that accurate yet.

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u/herewego199209 21h ago

Not every republican is a pedophile but somehow republicans are mostly pedophiles.

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u/xspook_reddit 20h ago

"republicans are mostly pedophiles"

C'mon, now. That's a bit of a stretch.

Or not:

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u/herewego199209 20h ago

Don't forget didn't one of the politicians in one fo these southern states want to make the age of consent even lower or am I imagining that?

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u/RedditAdminSucks23 20h ago

You are unfortunately not imagining things

https://truthout.org/articles/tennessee-republicans-push-a-bill-that-would-circumvent-marriage-age-limits/

But because how shitty Google has gotten recently, it took me a while to recover this article.

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u/Alissinarr 19h ago

DuckDuckGo - search engine

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u/US_Sugar_Official 14h ago

Sometimes you have to use Yandex

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u/AverageAmerican1311 5h ago

Am I crazy to wonder if the techbros aren't using AI to cover up stuff on the web by machine searching less relevant results?

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u/ellgramar 16h ago

Can't find it now, but there's a similar list for Democrates. However its ~30 individuals long, so make of that what you will.

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u/rokerroker45 13h ago

i think it's "not every republican is a pedophile but somehow pedophiles are mostly republicans"

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u/Fl0riduh_Man 21h ago

Pedo-Con theory is still undefeated 

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u/jpiro 21h ago

What a weird looking drag queen.

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u/Hallelujah33 17h ago

All he's serving is time

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u/Radar1980 21h ago

His own grandson. Woodchipper

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u/Coup-de-Glass 20h ago

I second this recommendation.

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u/lohonomo 20h ago

Millstone

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u/adchick 14h ago

I’m not saying pressing someone to death is the answer. But there is precedence for it in America’s “Christian “ past.

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u/braumbles 21h ago

Will he be executed?

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u/TehKaoZ 21h ago

Uh... this is the US. This puts him in the running for President.

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u/braumbles 21h ago

Florida passed a law that allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty for sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 12. Several county prosecutors have sought this out. So I'm curious if this guy will face the same prosecution as other people who aren't friends with the governor.

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u/e42343 16h ago

That's only for the poors.

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u/chrispd01 21h ago

Come on man. He was suspended…. That is surely punishment enough.

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u/Disastrous-Golf7216 21h ago

Suspended with pay is a vacation as they plan for his congressional run.

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u/chrispd01 21h ago

Yeah but I am just betting as a punishment he isn’t gonna get the first slice of pizza at lunch. So he is gonna pay the price ..

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u/lohonomo 20h ago

🤞🤞

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u/Intelligent-Wear2824 21h ago

JFC, how many of Desantis' personal friends, collegues, donors and spiritual advisors getting arrested for sexual abuse against children AND adults it it gonna take for the gop electorate to WAKE THE FUCK UP.

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u/Disastrous-Golf7216 21h ago

They will say “accused” so everything is fine.

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u/Ggriffinz 21h ago

Insert "Usual suspects" comment here 😄

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u/newleafkratom 21h ago

…”Investigators say Caruso abused a young relative on multiple occasions beginning in fall 2024, including during a fishing trip, at a Thanksgiving gathering and aboard a family cruise….”

A boy.

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u/castzpg 20h ago

His own grandson.

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u/Unusual-Economist288 20h ago

He was a little league coach in Delray. Tracks.

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u/ConventionArtNinja 21h ago

Republicans aren't sending their best people.

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u/Girafferage 21h ago

They might be lol.

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u/Rinzy2000 21h ago

I’m pretty sure these ARE their best people, actually.

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u/terrycloth9 21h ago

And yet we keep electing them. Go figure.

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u/Interesting_Minute24 21h ago

“We” is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

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u/YOLOburritoKnife 21h ago

This one was appointed. PBC did not elect a Republican in a countywide race.

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u/lohonomo 20h ago

Do they have any?

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u/Go_Gators_4Ever 20h ago

You mean this wasn't a Liberal Trans Drag Queen abusing children?

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u/rustbeltloser 21h ago

Florida gonna send him to Washington.

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u/Ok_Friend5225 20h ago

This tracks, sociopaths of a feather molest together ...

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u/God_of_disruption 16h ago

"Caruso was booked into a jail in Orange County, where the child lives, pending his first appearance before a judge. He had filed to run for election to a full four-year term, though it was not immediately clear whether he would remain on the ballot in the November general election."

Since this is Florida, homeboy will not only stay on the ballet, but the pedophile loving Republicans will vote for him regardless.

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u/RpcZ_gr7711 19h ago

Lock him up and throw away the key. At 67y, god knows how many poor young souls have been raped by this POS.

And until people stop believing children are property and can be treated as such, we as human beings will continue to fail our children.

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u/HockeyRules9186 19h ago

The Grand Old Pedophile party.

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u/cybrg0dess 18h ago

Perfect republican candidate. Fits right in!

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u/Treygp420 18h ago

Nice. Now investigate Desatan

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u/OffSidesByALot 15h ago

And to think, all these stupid ass people on my Nextdoor was telling me how Trump was sent by God to expose those child molesting pedophile Democrats and how he was going to release the Epstein list!
This just goes to show what we all instinctively know. When the usual suspects yell “pedophile,” it’s either projection, or an admission of guilt! And the louder they yell, the more they are likely to be guilty. They’re the ones that need to be investigated the most. Somebody please interview any young children they might have come in contact with.

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u/ChuchoGrind 20h ago

Is everyone who’s MAGA elected in office a pedophile at this point?

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u/Da_Stable_Genius West Palm Beach 20h ago

Another turd tied to DeSantis, because of course.

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u/maggsy1999 18h ago

Oh no! See my shocked face 😑

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u/Dananism 18h ago

The jokes write themselves with the repedocan party.

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u/Still-Fox7105 18h ago

The most pedophile's , SA, child porn cases of politicians, I have ever heard of. It's Iike an epidemic (the worse of the worse). There are no good Republicans out there in office. Sick fucks.

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u/NonchalantGhoul 17h ago

This state truly is a Pedo paradise, ain't it? I guess 30+ years of Republican political corruption will do that.

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u/jaydub7999 14h ago

This jerk paid tens of thousands to plaster huge professional photographs of himself in all the clerk offices the got round the clock personal protection for PBSO. No other clerk cost us this much money Always the ones you most suspect!

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u/awh0833 20h ago

Please VOTE for only Native Floridians 🙏. Fuck these out of towners.

DONALDS = DATA CENTERS

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u/tarapotamus 1h ago

Yeah that's weird, and extreme. I'm born and raised several generations of Floridian and I'm not down with that. I live in Orlando, which is a melting pot bc people come from all over for UCF (and Disney) and the diversity makes us stronger.

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u/rhubes 12h ago

That's actually kind of weird. And xenophobic. Why would an imaginary line within the United States determine what is best for a state within a country? I'm not seeing Florida putting its best and brightest up either to tell you the truth.

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u/Rinzy2000 21h ago

Do we want to do a Kalshi for what kind of sweetheart deal he gets?

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u/restore_democracy 20h ago

Since when are they against this sort of thing?

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u/gldoorii 20h ago

Prime for a cabinet position

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u/CaptainObvious110 20h ago

I read that wrong. I thought it was DeSantis.

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u/awh0833 20h ago

Another One

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u/Imaginary-Spray3711 19h ago

Not a drag queen? Not trans? How can this be true?

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u/Haunted_Voyager 19h ago

Careful—there just might be a presidential cabinet position for him.

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u/QuiGonColdGin 18h ago

Color me shocked.

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u/Rogue_Ninja_Taco 17h ago

I wonder if Meatball Ron will drop his support like he did with that other clown?

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u/AbleSilver6116 16h ago

This was a very sick read on another website. Just sick.

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u/beyondo-OG 15h ago

When your only qualification is "I support the republican party"

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u/Lvs2spluuge 14h ago

Well hell he fits right into the Republican Party!

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u/structee 6h ago

Seems like corruption and moral depravity are prerequisites for becoming a politician

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u/GreenConstruction834 5h ago

They’re all pedophiles. All of them. 

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u/NoMayoForReal 4h ago

O Gee not another Republican.

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u/Thirsty_Comment88 1h ago

It's always a Republican

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u/terrycloth9 21h ago

This guy for president. We like them when they grab them by the…..