Orlando Democrat official arrested on child sex crime charges

A Florida Democrat official has been arrested on federal child sex crime charges. Matthew A. Inman, 39, of Orlando, the treasurer of the Orange County Democratic Party, was taken into custody after allegedly sending child sexual abuse material to an undercover law enforcement officer. He expressed interest in boys as young as nine, and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, according to the Department of Justice.

According to the complaint, Inman received and saved several videos of adults sexually abusing children on his phone between August and October 2024. He traveled to Las Vegas in October 2024 and began chatting online with an undercover law enforcement officer masquerading as the father of a 9-year-old boy, expressing a desire to meet and sexually assault the alleged child.

The FBI seized Inman's electronic devices while executing a search warrant on his residence. Authorities said Inman allegedly attempted to delete the evidence from his phone, and hid in the attic of his house during the raid, per the release.

Inman is also the president of the Orange County Rainbow Democrats LGBTQ group, which is a nonprofit activist organization created to further the ideals and principles of the Democrat Party, according to its website.





Additionally, Inman is an advocate of trans and gender extremism and has expressed hatred of Republican President Donald Trump, per his social media posts.





He was taken into custody earlier this month and faces a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 20 years in prison if found guilty on charges. This case was brought as part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood, which is a nationwide initiative to address the escalating epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.