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TAVARES, Fla. — A former Fruitland Park church overseer arrested in June on video voyeurism charges is now facing 21 additional counts, including six involving minor victims, after being arrested during a court hearing Tuesday. Charles “Bart” Lucas, 59, was arrested during a previously scheduled hearing Tuesday morning and booked into the Lake County Jail on $67,500 bond, according to Lake County Sheriff’s Office records. Lucas now faces a total of 26 counts of video voyeurism, including seven involving victims younger than 16. He previously pleaded not guilty to the original five charges. According to Lake County Clerk of Court […]

LEESBURG, Fla. — A Fruitland Park man was arrested Friday after an investigation uncovered digital files involving females, including videos investigators say were recorded with a concealed camera inside a church bathroom and a room where adolescent girls were changing following a baptism service, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Charles Barton “Bart” Lucas, 59, was arrested on five counts of video voyeurism. Four counts involve adult victims and one involves a victim younger than 16, according to an arrest affidavit. He was released from the Lake County Jail on $25,000 bond. The investigation began after suspicious material was