PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 35-year-old Panama City Beach man under investigation since early this month has been arrested on suspicion of several sex crimes, according to the Panama City Beach Police Department.
Police began investigating Jakobi Holmes in early December after the mother of a 14-year-old victim came forward with suspicions that Holmes had been exchanging sexually explicit messages with the child via text and social media. An investigator assumed the child’s online identity and communicated with Holmes, who offered to perform sex acts on the child, police reported.
Holmes was arrested when he attempted to meet the child at a local business for the alleged purpose of having sex. He made incriminating statements during an interview with investigators, according to police.
He was booked into the Bay County Jail to await first appearance on charges of traveling to meet a minor for unlawful sexual conduct, solicitation of a minor for unlawful sexual conduct and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.