Cocoa, Florida – July 21, 2025 – A 66-year-old individual with a history of sexual crimes against children has been arrested and charged with possessing and promoting child sexual abuse material, according to the Cocoa Police Department. Veronica Waterman, formerly known as Rodney Waterman and born on January 20, 1959, is currently held without bond in Brevard County Jail following the execution of a search warrant at their residence.
The arrest stems from an investigation initiated in late May 2025 after a witness, identified in court documents as Maria Colon, reported that Waterman showed her two videos depicting child sexual abuse on a cellphone. The incident allegedly occurred at Waterman’s home on 50 Whaley Street in Cocoa. Colon described the videos in detail: one showed two young girls, estimated to be between 5 and 7 years old, performing oral sex on an adult male, while the other depicted a girl under 10 years old standing in a bathtub, appearing frightened and in a “frozen state.”
According to the affidavit filed on July 17, 2025, in Brevard County Circuit Court (Case No. 05-2025-CF-039175-AXXX-BC), Waterman admitted during questioning to obtaining the material via the encrypted messaging app Telegram, believing it was secure from law enforcement scrutiny. Waterman reportedly told Colon that Telegram’s encryption allowed possession of such videos as long as they were not shared, and even claimed that authorities could not access content without a subpoena. Colon recounted disturbing comments from Waterman about the videos, including statements like, “You saw how much they fucking love it,” and suggesting that one of the children “just needs to get used to it.”
