Lake Alfred City Commissioner arrested for possessing child porn
Lake Alfred City Commissioner Charles Lake has been arrested on charges of possessing child pornography.
An arrest affidavit shows Polk County Sheriff’s deputies served a warrant at Lake’s home. Lake, documents show, confessed to police that he was in possession of child pornography, including many images kept on a “Patriot” USB drive.
The Lake Alfred Republican now faces 300 counts of possessing child pornography. The 90-year-old possessed pictures, based on the charges, of children between the ages 2 and 12 engaged in sex acts.
Lake, before winning elected office in Florida, spent 50 years in magazine publishing in New York City, according to his city biography. That included a stint as pr...
