Thomas Deane biography: 13 things about Bonita Springs, Florida man

Thomas Deane is an American man from Florida, United States. He is a former teacher.

Who is Thomas Deane?

Deane is 6’0″ tall and his registered weight is 175 pounds. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He is a resident of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida.
2. He used to teach history at Canterbury School in Fort Myers, Lee County where he also served as assistant lacrosse coach.
3. In December 2021, he met a boy, then 16, on the dating app Grindr. The boy was not a Canterbury School student. After communicating through Snapchat and telephone, they allegedly had several sexual encounters in his apartment in Bonita Springs.
4. On February 16, 2022, the mother of the boy he allegedly had sex with sent in a complaint to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office in regards to her son being a victim of sex crimes.
5. On April 6, 2022, he was arrested at his apartment in Bonita Springs. He was charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior on a victim between 12 and 16.
6. On May 10, 2022, he was arrested again and booked into the Lee County Jail in Fort Myers on $420,000 bond after more than 100 images of child pornography and videos of adults and teens sexually assaulting toddlers and small children were found in his possession.
7. On May 11, 2022, a total of 28 child porn charges were filed against him.
8. On September 23, 2022, he was released on $70,000 bond.
9. On August 22, 2023, Florida’s assistant state attorney Francine Donnorummo dropped the charges filed against him on April 6, 2022.
10. On February 22, 2024, he turned 32.
11. On March 8, 2024, he spoke with his attorney Lawrence Meltzer.
12. On March 11, 2024, he was supposed to attend a plea hearing before Judge Margaret O. Steinbeck but he did not show up and he cut off his ankle monitor. He was declared a fugitive and Steinbeck issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
13. On April 10, 2024, U.S. Marshals arrested him in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida while he was fleeing on a motorized scooter. He was transported to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami and will be extradited to Lee County.