A Jamaican man illegally in the United States was arrested in the Florida panhandle last week for sex crimes involving a teenager, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Tommy Ford said Damian Gulgar, 44, is charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor and engaging in sexual intercourse without disclosing a positive HIV diagnosis.
Gulgar, who was arrested on Jan. 29, allegedly admitted to being HIV positive and being sexually involved with a teenager during an interview with law enforcement.
Ford said the office became aware of the crime when it received a report surrounding the sexual abuse of a child earlier in January. The teenage victim was then interviewed by the Child Protection Team at the Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center, where the encounter with an adult man, later identified as Gulgar, was disclosed.
The victim met Gulgar on a social media app and did not actually know who he was.
Bay County authorities were able to successfully identify him as the suspect through techniques with crime analysts and search warrants.