Video: 7 Arrested In Undercover Operation Targeting Lewd Behavior In Public Parks

Date Added: April 07, 2023 8:52 am

Andrew Gant
Office of Public Affairs & Media Relations

7 ARRESTED IN UNDERCOVER OPERATION TARGETING LEWD BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC PARKS

Volusia sheriff’s deputies and police arrested 7 men this week during a 2-day operation addressing complaints about sexual activity in Volusia County parks.

The undercover operation took place Wednesday and Thursday at several locations: Spruce Creek and Doris Leeper parks in Port Orange, Sleepy Hollow Park in New Smyrna Beach, Lake Beresford Park in DeLand, Lake Dias Park in DeLeon Springs, Thornby Park in Deltona, and Mariner’s Cove and Green Springs parks in Enterprise.

Deputies in plain clothes and in uniform observed each defendant expose himself and begin a sex act before being taken into custody.

One of the defendants, Daniel S. Osborne, was found to be on felony probation for attempted first-degree murder.

Another defendant, Scott Downer, was discovered to have a similar arrest in June 2017 at Valentine Park in Orange City. In that incident, deputies arrested Downer for lewd and lascivious exhibition in the presence of a mother and two children, ages 2 and 4, who were at the park.

Those arrested were:

• Daniel S. Osborne (DOB 3/23/1979), New Smyrna Beach, exposure of sexual organ and violation of probation for attempted first-degree murder
• Ronald C. Clemens (DOB 1/7/1943), Sheridon, Ill., exposure of sexual organ
• David D. Harris (DOB 3/28/1968), Daytona Beach, exposure of sexual organ
• Felix L. Luna (DOB 6/25/1973), DeLand, exposure of sexual organ
• Scott D. Downer (DOB 9/28/1957), DeLand, exposure of sexual organ
• Scott E. Carnathan (DOB 6/20/1971), Deltona, exposure of sexual organ
• Joseph H. Willems (DOB 3/17/1995), Deltona, exposure of sexual organ

In addition to their criminal charges, each defendant was issued a trespass warning for the park they visited.

The operation was a joint effort including members of the East and West Volusia Crime Suppression Teams, Deltona Crime Suppression Team, and the East Volusia Narcotics Task Force.

Similar operations will be conducted in the future to deter lewd activity in public parks in Volusia County.