Couple Charged With Child Sex Abuse: St. Pete Police

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A St. Petersburg couple is accused of engaging in sexual activity with children, St. Pete police said.

Jason Wienrich, 31, and Alicia Stevens, 26, were shown in videos and images on Wienrich's cell phone performing sexual activity on children, an arrest affidavit said. Authorities received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and interviewed Wienrich and Stevens July 30.

Wienrich allowed police to conduct a forensics examination on his phone; some images and videos showed them in bed with a girl under 12, and at times during the activity, which included touching and oral sex, she was asleep, according to the affidavit.

Wienrich is facing the following charges, detectives said:

• Sexual battery involving children under 12
• Possession of child pornography
• Unlawful use of two-way communication device
• Promote sex performance of a child

Stevens faces the following charges, according to investigators:

• Lewd and lascivious molestation
• Use child to engage in sex and lewd & lascivious exhibition