Crime & Safety
Deputies: Man Molested Girl at Park, May Have Other Victims
Michael Still, of Port Richey, admitted to inappropriately touching a girl younger than 16 at Cooper's Bayou Park on Memorial Day, and detectives say that may not have been the first time.
Deputies say a Port Richey man charged with molesting an underage girl at a local park on Memoiral Day may have other victims.
Michael Still, 22, is charged with lewd and lascivious molestation after Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies say he inappropriately touched the girl, who is younger than 16, and provided her with alcohol.
Authorities allege that Still and the girl, along with other acquaintances, went to Cooper's Bayou Park on May 28. Some time during the day, while the two were alone in Still's vehicle, he "inappropriately touched the victim's breasts," the sheriff's office said in a media release.
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Still, a self-employed metal scrapper, admitted to the allegations, detectives said.
Detectives also believe Still has associated with other underage girls, and that those associations "may also have been of a lascivious nature."Â
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Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Mark Kolenda with the Crimes Against Children Unit at 727-582-6200, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS.
Clarification: Cooper's Bayou Park is outside the City of Safety Harbor boundaries. An earlier version of this story said otherwise.
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