Sailing director charged with providing obscene materials
On February 26, 2010, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a possible sexual crime involving a teacher/instructor and student in Fort Myers. Investigators learned the juvenile female victim had been receiving several sexually explicit letters and written materials from her sailing coach, identified as 58-year-old Steve Olive, sailing instructor and Executive Director of the Edison Sailing School, located at 20000 W. First Street, Fort Myers.
Due to the nature of the incident, detectives with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Sex Crimes Unit assumed the investigation. Through the course of the investigation, detectives learned Olive, who has taught lessons at the Mound House on Fort Myers Beach, had been sending the victim letters that were extremely graphic, vulgar and highly detailed in nature for at least several weeks.
On Thursday, March 4, 2010, deputies with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested Olive at his home, located at 1271 Forsyth Drive, North Fort Myers. He has been charged with one count of Providing Obscene Materials to a Minor. Olive’s photo will be available on the Sheriff’s Office website at www.sheriffleefl.org under Arrest & Inmates / Search Lee County Arrests up booking.
There is no additional information at this time.
SOURCE: Lee County Sheriff’s Office