Former Church School Dean Denies New Federal Sex Charge

By Paula McMahon
Sun Sentinel
December 24, 2014

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-jeffery-london-brief-20141224-story.html

State prosecutors in Broward County dropped their remaining child sex abuse charges against Jeffery London, clearing the way for his federal prosecution on a related charge. London was photographed in Broward Circuit Court during the Dec. 8 hearing. (Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel)

A former church and school official pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of using a cell phone to lure a teenage boy into sexual activity with him.

Jeffery London, 51, who was a youth mentor at Bible Church of God in Fort Lauderdale and dean of students at Eagle Charter Academy in Lauderdale Lakes, was indicted in the federal case last week. The charge carries a punishment of 10 years to life in federal prison.

Earlier this year, a Broward Circuit Court jury found London not guilty of 27 state charges of lewd and lascivious conduct involving seven boys. London was not released from jail after the acquittal because he still faced additional abuse charges.

In an agreement with state prosecutors, who dropped their remaining charges against him, federal prosecutors brought the new criminal case against London. His lawyer, Assistant Federal Public Defender Daryl Wilcox had no comment on the allegations after a brief hearing Wednesday in federal court in Fort Lauderdale.

London will remain locked up pending trial, records show.

State prosecutors in Broward County dropped their remaining child sex abuse charges against Jeffery London, clearing the way for his federal prosecution on a related charge. London was photographed in Broward Circuit Court during the Dec. 8 hearing. (Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel)

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