A Ponte Vedra man is behind bars after being accused of possessing child sexual abuse material. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office arrested 49-year-old Joshua Gumlia on Monday.
Some of Gumlia’s neighbors that spoke with Action News Jax said they were completely shocked at the allegations. They said they never suspected anything like this and that Gumlia usually kept to himself.“You see him come and go,” a neighbor who didn’t want to be named said. “He’s just normal guy. You would think that that’s not really who he is, but he’s very reclusive.”“Well, you know, I’m father and grandfather, so that’s not very impressive,” the neighbor said.
“And I just, it just makes you really want to just double check and triple check who you’re letting around your children,” St. Johns County resident Stephanie Wideman said. The sheriff’s office emailed a statement saying, “The children who are the subject of these images are victims. Subjects who seek out these images are fueling the sexual exploitation of children.”
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