Arrest Reports 9/17/25
By Emmy Bailey
Herald Inern
Funeral Gone Wrong
Tyler Anderson, a funeral service influencer, has been charged on multiple accounts of fraud, following an investigation into alleged financial deception that spanned churches, small businesses and a funeral home. Some charges were in Charlotte County. According to state prosecutors, Anderson promised victims bank loans and mortgages through a fictitious network of lenders. Instead of delivering, he pocketed around $300,000. Anderson was connected to Ganderson Brothers Mortuary, with rumpus believing the misuse of funds was spent to support the operations. But, his brother Kelly Gaines Jr., denied the fraud mixed with the family business. His bond totals over $1.5 million, one of the largest amounts in Central Florida history. He faces multiple first-degree felony charges with a sentence up to 30 years.
Bathroom Spy Flushed Out
Adam Lawrence was charged with 27 counts of digital voyeurism. His wife reported Lawrence during his outpatient treatment for sex addiction. He admitted to placing recording devices in the bathroom of their residence. He would conceal them in the bathrooms recording both adults and juveniles while they changed or used the restroom. The wife gave computers to the police and the names of the victims that there was video evidence included. It was from 2015 to 2023 he had placed recording devices in the bathroom. He has turned himself in after they sent out the warrant and is held at $135,000 bond.
Privates to Public
At Aspire Health Partners, police responded to a call about a man exposing himself and masturbating in the common area of the building. As one of the females sat down in the common area, Jones’s Godfrey exposed his genitals and began masturbating while watching her. She reported him to the front desk. When police confronted him, Godfrey made spontaneous and incoherent utterances. He has since been arrested.
Using Her Voice
A child, around 2 a.m., had been sleeping on the couch when her father saw her phone open to Instagram. Her father took her phone and discovered she had been talking to a male friend around her age. At that point, the father took out a belt and began whipping the child with it. She suffered marks on her left thigh, leg and forearm. The child confirmed he does this frequently and she recently had a whipping one a week ago. The child walked to her neighbors house in the morning and made them aware of what had happened, her first time breaking her silence on it. The father was arrested and the child was placed with DCF.
