The cockroaches keep coming out, don't they
ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — A central Florida man was accused of sending sexually charged messages and attempting to meet up with someone who he believed was a minor.
Alan Chambers, 54, of Winter Park, was arrested in Orange County during a traffic stop on Tuesday, according to jail records.
In February, Chambers began chatting on Snapchat and Telegram with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old boy, according to an Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrest report obtained by WESH. The messages included Chambers talking about their “forbidden love,” sending nude photos, and expressing concerns over getting caught by law enforcement, the report said.
Chambers, who has a wife and two children, was charged with solicitation of a minor via computer, transmission of material harmful to minors, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device. At the time of his arrest, he told deputies he worked at a menswear store in Winter Park.
The Orange County Sherriff’s Office is looking for additional minors who may have been victimized by Chambers. Anyone with information is asked to call their non-emergency line at (407) 836-4357.
WESH noted a previous report involving Chambers, who was the leader of a Christian ministry that aimed to “cure” LGBTQ+ people through counseling and prayer, a practice its opponents call “conversion therapy.” Orlando-based Exodus International, which operated for nearly 40 years and claimed to have 260 member ministries across the U.S. and internationally, shut down in 2013.
In a statement posted to the organization’s website, Chambers apologized to the LGBTQ+ community “for years of undue suffering and judgment at the hands of the organization and the church as a whole,” and renounced conversion therapy, according to WESH.