ORANGE PARK, Fla. – The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced the arrest of Andrew Lynn Overheul, 43, on six counts of producing and attempting to produce child sexual abuse files.
According to the indictment, Overheul coerced four underage victims to engage in sexually explicit conduct to make photos and videos with some going back to 2016. The indictment said the alleged crimes occured in both Illinois and Florida.
News4JAX spoke with Overheul’s neighbors. One neighbor said his family moved into Orange Park several months ago.
Another neighbor said he witnessed authorities raid the home, “He told me that it was a knock search warrant. They knocked, waited a few seconds, and then kicked the door in and took all his electronics.”
Overheul is a youth softball coach for the Orange Park Athletic Association. News4JAX reached out to the association president for comment.
A judge has ordered that he remain in custody pending his trial. His trial has been scheduled for June 2023.
If convicted, Overheul faces a minimum mandatory 15 years, up to 180 years, in federal prison, a release from the DOJ stated.
This case was investigated by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Northeast Florida (NEFL) INTERCEPT Task Force.
This case is brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
If you know of a child being abused, call the Florida Abuse Hotline at 800-962-2873. If you would like more information about prevention education programs for youth and adults, please contact the Monique Burr Foundation at 904-642-0210.