
Robert Payne
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Port St. Lucie man was arrested Wednesday after he offered a 5-year-old girl an
Xbox video game console in exchange for sexual favors, police said.
The girl’s mother alerted police that day after finding a note from Robert W. Payne to the girl.
In it, he offered her the Xbox and to let her play with his cell phone, according to a police report.
When questioned by detectives, Payne, 26, told police he had exposed himself to the girl on four different occasions and performed a sex act on himself. He also said he once touched the girl’s backside through her clothes.
According to the report, Payne admitted he was attracted to the girl and had a “fascination” with her, which he attributed to being abused himself as a child.
Payne is being held in the St. Lucie County jail in lieu of $125,000 bail. He faces one charge of molestation and four counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition.