MAN BEHIND BARS FOR SEX WITH TEEN

A SARASOTA MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER A TEEN SAID THE TWO HAVE BEEN HAVING SEX FOR MONTHS.  POLICE DETECTIVES SAY THE FIFTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL TOLD THEM THEY HAD SEX AT YODER’S OLIVE AVENUE HOME, AND SHE SNUCK OUT OF HER HOME AT NIGHT SEVERAL TIMES SO YODER COULD DRIVE THEM TO A PARK WHERE THEY HAD SEX.  THE GIRL SAID THE RELATIONSHIP ENDED IN MARCH.  YODER, WHO WAS ON PROBATION FOR A 2005 ARREST ON BATTERY, ROBBERY AND KIDNAPPING CHARGES, TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HE AND THE GIRL WERE ALONE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT HE DENIED ANY SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP.  HE WAS ARRESTED WHEN HE APPEARED FOR AN APPOINTMENT WITH HIS PROBATION OFFICER AND WAS CHARGED WITH LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS BATTERY ON A VICTIM BETWEEN 12 AND 16.  HE IS BEING HELD ON $10,000 BAIL IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL.