A Florida Keys pastor who fled the state after being accused of sexually battering a teen congregant has been deemed a flight risk and will remain jailed, a judge ordered Saturday. Judge James Morgan ...

Florida Keys deputies arrested a pastor Monday who is accused of plying a 15-year-old girl with alcohol and sexually abusing her at his church. Monte Lavelle Chitty, 62, is being held in Monroe County ...

MARATHON, Fla. — Deputies arrested a South Florida pastor Monday morning after they accused him of sexually battering an intoxicated 15-year-old girl at his church. Monte Lavelle Chitty, 62, of ...

Fugitive Florida Keys pastor Monte Chitty, accused of sexually battering a teen congregant, sits in the back of a police car in Texas Friday, April 4, 2024. Monroe County Sheriff's Office A fugitive ...

A Marathon pastor who authorities said was on the run after his arrest last month for allegedly sexually battering a teen girl has been taken into custody in Texas Friday, officials said. Monte ...

A fugitive Florida Keys pastor accused of sexually battering one of his teen congregants last month was arrested in Texas on Friday, nearly a week after authorities say he skipped town before his ...

A South Florida pastor accused of giving alcohol to a 15-year-old girl before sexually assaulting her was arrested in Texas on Friday, four days after fleeing the state, authorities said. Monte ...

MARATHON — A wanted Florida Keys fugitive accused of child abuse was arrested in Texas on Friday evening. Monte LaVelle Chitty, 62, from Marathon, was wanted by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office on ...

Monte Chitty, pastor of First Baptist Church in Marathon, gives a sermon in November 2021. Chitty was arrested Monday, March 4, 2024, on charges he served a 15-year-old girl alcohol and sexually ...