FDLE: He Thought He Was Meeting A 14-Year Old Girl At the Movies, But He Was Busted

July 26, 2025

He thought he was meeting a 14-year old girl at the movies, an the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said he thought he had been grooming her for 10 months.

When he we meant to meet the girls at a local theater, he was met by an undercover state agent.

“No popcorn, no previews—just a one-way ticket to jail, five felony charges and no chance at a sequel,” FDLE said.

FDLE said 32-year-old Chad Anthony Forster, a resident of Allison Lane just behind Whataburger on Nine Mile Road, was charged with traveling to meet a minor for sex, soliciting a minor to engage in sexual activity and promoting the sexual performance of a child and two felony counts for sending harmful material to a minor.

The investigation began in September 2024 when Forster began communicating with an undercover agent, who was disguised as a juvenile girl, according to investigators. Throughout the course of the communication, Forster solicited the child persona to engage in sexual activity, including requesting child sexual abuse material and sending explicit images of himself.

Through continued investigative communication, the undercover agent agreed to meet at a local movie theater on Thursday, July 24. Once he arrived, FDLE agents arrested Forster.

He was transported to the Escambia County Jail and booked with bond set at $80,000.

FDLE said the arrest is a result of the agency’s statewide initiative to locate and arrest criminals soliciting children online for a sexual relationship online and sharing files depicting the sexual abuse of children.

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Comments

10 Responses to “FDLE: He Thought He Was Meeting A 14-Year Old Girl At the Movies, But He Was Busted”

  1. RibC on July 28th, 2025 11:59 am

    Thank you FDLE !

  2. Why not on July 27th, 2025 10:34 am

    Why not just marry some short, thin “adult” woman with a child-like figure so you can live your fantasy legally.

  3. JTV on July 27th, 2025 5:59 am

    Dead Pedophiles don’t reoffend.

  4. David on July 26th, 2025 6:26 pm

    GREAT WORK GUYS!!!

  5. Michelle S on July 26th, 2025 5:09 pm

    This individual went to highschool with my oldest daughter and used to come over and hang out with all their friends…I never knew that he would turn out like this…and he was also homeless for awhile on Beggs Lane then eventually got off the streets like alot of us…

  6. Steve on July 26th, 2025 2:00 pm

    More surprise meetings in the near future for this creep . Very unpleasant meetings .

  7. JAMES CARVER on July 26th, 2025 1:26 pm

    Oh..he will be very welcome in prison.
    They just love one that is convicted on messing with a child
    If he gets 25 years..he may live one

  8. Julie Emanuel on July 26th, 2025 11:34 am

    Thank you to the FDLE for your continued diligence in keeping our children and citizens safe! God bless you all!

  9. Susie on July 26th, 2025 10:08 am

    Thank you FDLE for your determination to keep our children safe. God bless all of our Law Enforcemment Officers every day in every way. This imp is OFF our streets!

  10. Bill T on July 26th, 2025 8:07 am

    Surprise surprise surprise you can’t hide from the FDLE they will get you no matter how long it takes !!!!

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