A 26-year-old Bartow man remains in the Polk County Jail on $34,000 bail after his arrest Friday on charges of felony lewd battery against someone younger than 16 years old and transmitting harmful material to a minor.
Gene Kimble Carpenter Jr., 640 Broadway Ave. S. apartment No. 4, had sex with the girl, who was 14 years old at the time, and sent graphic images to her through social media, according to a Polk County Sheriff’s report.
