Personal Injury Law

Rochester man charged with sexually abusing teen on cruise ship

By Lipcon, Margulies & Alsina, P.A.

A Rochester man is at the center of a cruise ship nightmare after federal authorities say he sexually abused a young girl.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany Lee said that according to a criminal complaint on December 31, 2006, a 13-year-old female boarded a cruise ship in Florida to embark upon a cruise with her family. In the early morning hours of January 1, 2007, the teen was walking around the decks of the ship with friends when they were approached by 24-year-old Lucas George Wickes.

According to the complaint, Wickes told the teen and her friends that they should return to their cabin. The girl followed Wickes who took her to another deck where the sexual assault allegedly took place. The complaint states that she was told if she screamed, she would be thrown overboard.

Wickes has been released but he is on home detention with GPS monitoring. He is due in court on October 16.

Full post as published by Cruise Ship Law on September 18, 2009 (boomark / email).