PANAMA CITY — A Bay County jury has convicted a 45-year-old Panama City man of raping a 14-year-old girl, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
Assistant State Attorneys Alicia Carothers and Devin Collier convinced jurors that 45-year-old Carlos L. Beale had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl in May 2014, officials reported.
Beale was found guilty of lewd or lascivious battery and attempted lewd or lascivious molestation. He faces up to 20 years in prison when Circuit Judge Elijah Smiley sentences him June 15.