Palm Beach County State Attorney Alexcia Cox announces that a man convicted of lewd or lascivious molestation and attempted sexual battery (minor victim) was sentenced on October 1 to 15 years in prison.

At trial in July, prosecutors presented evidence that Tyrone Walker, 34, lured a 14-year-old into his semi-truck, where the attack occurred on May 29, 2023, in Riviera Beach.

Assistant State Attorneys Christopher Morgan and Victoria Thacker of our Special Victims Unit prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Riviera Beach Police Department.

“When an adult crosses that line and violates the innocence, safety, and trust of a child, the law must respond with severe consequences that reflect the seriousness of that conduct,” ASA Morgan wrote in his sentencing memorandum. “The defendant’s deliberate and premeditated course of conduct demonstrates a calculated intent to sexually abuse a child and, in the State’s view, shows the defendant poses a significant danger to the community.”

The court declared Walker a sexual offender.