Florida youth pastor, soccer coach separately accused of sex crimes involving minors

A youth pastor and a softball coach were arrested in Florida for unconnected sex crimes involving minors, according to officials.

David Robinson, 34, and Matthew Galhouse, 40, were charged in Hillsborough County. Robinson was charged with nine counts of transmitting harmful material to a minor while Galhouse faces 12 counts of sexual battery.

"Two youth leaders in our community took advantage of a parent's trust to prey on our children," Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said at a news conference, according to Fox 13.

Detectives discovered during an investigation that Robinson, a youth pastor at Shiloh Baptist Church in Plant City, texted two minors sexual content considered harmful between January and June. Robinson also volunteered at various Christian schools in east Hillsborough County.

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Chronister said Robinson sent the victims Bible verses before escalating to an inappropriate conversation.

"But after the Bible verses was where it would get inappropriate," Chronister said. "He would ask questions, 'Are you sexually active? Have you ever been pregnant? Have you ever been penetrated?'"

According to the sheriff's office, Robinson was arrested in Polk County and is being held at the Polk County Detention Center.

Galhouse was arrested and charged last month by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office for sex crimes on an underage victim. Pasco detectives said they suspected he had also committed similar crimes at his home in Hillsborough County and notified HCSO, which said they conducted an investigation and confirmed the allegations. Galhouse now faces additional charges for his crimes in Hillsborough County.

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Chronister said Galhouse would invite the victim to his home in Hillsborough County over the last three months.

"Not only did he bring her back to the house to have sex with her at his house here in Hillsborough County, he also then said, 'I feel comfortable, I'll hire you to be the babysitter for my child.' So when she would babysit, he took that as an open invitation to have sex with her," Chronister said. "So whenever she would babysit for his child, there was sexual intercourse that happened."

Galhouse was a softball coach when the abuse happened, according to the sheriff's office.

"As parents, we almost don't want to send our children to school," Chronister said. "Nonetheless, the church, nonetheless, the extracurricular activities, we have to let children be children. And I think that's what makes these two cases so disgusting is the fact that we as parents have placed you in positions of trust."

Young Democrat voter dumping Biden, leaning Trump after Afghanistan debacle: 'Don't believe he's competent'

A young Democrat voter told FOX News Friday he is leaning toward former President Trump in the 2024 election after repeated examples of incompetency from the Biden administration. 

"I've seen no form of accountability in this administration. I think this is what's going to change my vote from formerly Joe Biden to Donald Trump," 21-year-old Jahmiel Jackson told "Fox & Friends."

"I have seen the pullout of Afghanistan from Joe Biden. And then I watched him check his watch during the funeral of the servicemen. And I think if we were to go to a war, I’m prime age be drafted. And I don't want him to check his watch while they're burying me. I don't believe that he's a competent commander in chief. And then he'd probably blame my death on climate change in the same way he blamed the pullout in Afghanistan on Donald Trump." 

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Stacey Fox, a Republican voter, shared Jackson's sentiment, arguing voters' focus should be on electing a president who can make tough calls.

"Who's going to have enough tenacity to make a decision and stick to it?," Fox asked. "Joe Biden can't do that. I think Donald Trump, put him with a really strong vice president, will make those decisions, will pull our country out of the dumps that we're moving into. And I'm really afraid for it if it doesn't change."

A new FOX News Poll released Thursday revealed 61% think President Biden does not have the mental soundness needed for the job he holds. That sentiment has risen steadily over the last three years, up five points since last year, 13 points compared to 2021, and 16 points since 2020.

"I prefer someone who gets the job done," Campus Reform correspondent Kristen Jackson told "Fox & Friends First" Friday. "I think we get into the identity politics of younger versus older race and all of that, and I don't think that matters. I think if you're competent enough to do the job and do it well and do it honestly, I strongly consider voting for you as a candidate to be the President of the United States." 

Campus Reform correspondent Marya Ruth Dunning added, "I think that the way to get young voters is definitely not to tell us that we're stupid. And especially with Biden being unable to string a sentence together and Kamala barely being able to herself, it's just an insult."

Dunning went on to call out Vice President Kamala Harris for acting as a champion for women but refusing to stand up for them in the debate over protecting female athletes.

"Harris claims to be going on a college freedom tour, but she only wants freedom of expression for those who agree with her, with her far left brand of gender ideology." 

Jackson, who considers himself a "conservative Democrat," said he believes the party is in the process of picking another candidate. 

"It's only a matter of time before they [the media] start endorsing someone else," he said of concerns surrounding the president's mental competency.

"I think they're just giving him this off-ramp and telling him, 'Just say it's your age and walk off into the sunset.'"

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Fox News' Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report

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