Former Tallahassee Youth Pastor Facing Additional Charges

By Karl Etters
Tallahassee Democrat
August 1, 2017

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A former Tallahassee youth pastor is facing five additional charges for lewd and lascivious acts with victims ranging from 11 to 15 years in age.

The Leon County Sheriff's Office says that five additional warrants were issued for Roshad Thomas.

Thomas' new charges are as follows: Lewd and Lascivious Acts on Child Older than 12 (3), Lewd and Lascivious Acts on Child Younger than 12 (1), Lewd and Lascivious Exhibitionism on Child Older than 12 (1).

On July 17, 41-year-old Thomas was arrested on six counts of sex offense against a child.

Detectives spoke with a victim who stated Thomas had “fondled” the victim approximately 10 years ago when the victim was 13. During the investigation, detectives found four additional victims.

Each victim described individual sexual encounters with Thomas over the course of several years, from 2007 through 2014.

It is still unclear what led the LCSO Special Victims Unit to issue five more warrants in this case.

Thomas is a former youth pastor at a Tallahassee church, who, until recently, was a contracted employee at Maclay School.

According to his LinkedIn page, Thomas also served as a youth pastor at Calvary Chapel Tallahassee for more than 13 years.

Thomas is being held in the Leon County Detention Facility on $215,000 bond.

You can follow the details of the case here and here.