ASO: Man paid boys money, drugs for sex

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Wilson J. Badillo [Alachua County Jail]

By Daniel Smithson 
Wednesday
Posted Apr 18, 2018 at 5:45 PM Updated Apr 18, 2018 at 5:45 PM
A Gainesville man accused of paying a 14-year-old boy $6 for sex faces more charges after an investigation by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office revealed he gave a 12-year-old boy $15 worth of cannabis, while requesting sexual favors.

Wilson Junior Badillo, 25, gave the 12-year-old boy and two 14-year-olds — one boy and the whose gender was unknown — cannabis and alcohol while they stayed with him at a home while the owner was out of town, a sheriff’s report says.

Badillo had permission to stay at the home and let the children stay with him after they left the Gainesville Interface Youth Program without permission or knowledge of staff, the report said.

Badillo told investigators that he was smoking cannabis and the 12-year-old told him he wanted some. Badillo told the 12-year-old he’d give him $15 worth of cannabis for sexual favors, the report says.

It’s unclear from the report if Badillo and the boy had sex.

On another occasion, Badillo picked a lock while the boy undressed in the bathroom, the report says.

Badillo, held in the Alachua County jail, now faces five counts of lewd behavior with a victim aged 12 to 16, three counts of giving alcohol to someone under 21 and three counts of giving marijuana to someone under 18. His bond was set at $450,000 Wednesday.

The Gainesville Interface Youth Program could not be reached Wednesday morning for comment.