FORT WALTON BEACH — A 26-year-old man has been found guilty of lewd and lascivious molestation on a child under 12 years old.
Manuel Alexandra Peralta-Morales of Fort Walton Beach was convicted Thursday after a two-day trial for a crime committed in 2010, according to the state attorney’s office. He was arrested in February 2012.
Morales faces life in prison with a minimum of 25 years and classification as a sexual predator for the molestation of a 6-year-old, according to a news release from the state attorney’s office.
He is scheduled to be sentenced May 13 by Okaloosa County Circuit Judge William Stone.