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Ocala Fla Feb 23 2012 A 25-year-old Ocala computer repairman who is involved in Scouts said he is a monster after was charged with possessing child porn and raping and molesting children, including a Cub Scout.

George Robert Fout, an Eagle Scout himself who is involved with Cub Scout Pack 448 in Ocala, told authorities “it was a mistake that he was born” after his arrest, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Details about how he allegedly got access to children was not immediately available.

TV reports say he was a Scout leader. But his role, if any, with the Scouts could not be immediately confirmed.

However, a Facebook account and several websites link him to Cub Scout Pack 448.

“Welcome to the Pack 448 Facebook Page! I will do my best to keep it active and up to date,” said a post on the Facebook from someone using email with George Fout’s name. “I will also add pics and vids from our many activities.”

Fout confessed after he was contacted by authorities.

“At one point during the interview, Fout told detectives he met a victim while the victim was in the Cub Scouts,” a report from the Sheriff’s Office said without offering any other details about the Scout connection.

The website for his home-based computer-repair business, called Byte-by-Byte Computer Supplies and Accessories, says it was founded by an Eagle Scout.

“Our family is actively involved in the local Boy Scout program, where we have taught the Computer Merit Badge,” the website said.

A voice mail and email to an official with the Scouts’ North Florida Council, which includes Marion, was returned at 11 a.m. The message said a request for information about Fout was forwarded to the council’s human resource department.

Fout told detectives he has been looking at child porn since he was a child.

He also said he first attacked the Cub Scout when the boy was 8 and he was 18. The attacks happened at his home in the 500 block of Silver Course Lopp. They continued for about twice a month until the victim turned 16, Fout told detectives.

No one answered a call to his home today.

Fout is charged with one count of capital sexual battery, one count of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under 12, one count of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim over 12 and two counts of sexual battery.

He also faces 28 counts of possession of child pornography.

“During the interview, Fout told detectives he had several other young victims and that he was a monster and would not stop unless he was in jail,” said Judge Cochran, a spokesman for the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Fout remains in the Marion County Jail after his recent arrest. He is scheduled to face a judge for an initial appearance today.

“Because detectives are working to find and identify other possible victims of Fout’s actions – there was request made that Fout have no bond,” a statement from the Sheriff’s Office said.

Fout cooperated with detectives, reports show. Records show he has not previous arrests in Florida.

“Detectives used various investigative techniques to learn that Fout was downloading and sharing child pornography,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a report. “During an interview, detectives discovered Fout knowingly searched for child pornography on peer to peer networks.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 352-368-7867.