Two arrested after water fight with minor

CLEARWATER -- Police officers showed up at a loud disturbance Sunday afternoon and found two adults and a child engaged in a water fight. They were all stripped down to their underwear, according to a police report.

Investigators said that one of the adults, 19-year-old Maury Lynn Scott Jr., was involved in a sexual relationship with the 14-year-old girl. Authorities charged him with one count of lewd and lascivious battery.

A 21-year-old woman knew about the inappropriate contact and allowed it to happen, police said. The woman, whose name is being withheld to avoid identifying the girl, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Scott was being held at the Pinellas jail in lieu of $10,000 bail. The woman was released on $150 bail.

-- Jonathan Abel, Times staff writer