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Source: The Palm Beach Post, Fla.迷你倉Oct. 21--WEST PALM BEACH -- Jury selection will continue this afternoon in the underage sex trial for Rob Lopicola, a former TV weatherman accused of having sex with two teenage boys he met online.Lopicola, a former WPTV NewsChannel 5 weekend meteorologist, has been in jail since authorities arrested him last summer on charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor.This morning, Palm Beach County Judge Barry Cohen began jury selection in the case with a pool of 50 potential candidates but said it is possible he may request to bring up 40 additional jurors for the highly publicized case.Prosecutor Michael Kugler, in a bond hearing before Circuit Judge Stephen Rapp last year, referenced text messages Lopicola allegedly sent to the boys -- ages 15 and 17 at the time -- telling Rapp that Lopicola urged the 15-year-old to move back to Florida so they could live "as father and son", but also sent him graphic texts describing sexual acts he wanted the two of them to do.According to arrest reports, the 15- and 17-year-old boys both met Lopicola through Craigslist ads for males seeking males. The teens allege the sexual activity with Lopicola happened between August 2010 and April 2011.Lopicola, who abruptly resigned from WPTV NewsChannel 5 in 2006 after eight years as their weekendmini storagemeteorologist, first spoke with police about the case in April 2011, when the mother of the 17-year-old caught Lopicola hiding in her son's shower. Lopicola reportedly told police at that time that he met the Palm Beach Lakes High School student as the boy was walking on Village Boulevard.He said he befriended the boy "because he was afraid to tell his parent's about his sexuality and Robert experienced a similar situation when growing up."But the teen said he met Lopicola on Craigslist and began exchanging text messages that led to two sexual encounters before the boy's mother caught Lopicola in the shower.A 15-year-old former Boca Raton boy reported similar encounters with Lopicola, although he told no one of the contact until he moved to Michigan to live with an uncle.Kugler, last year, hinted that Lopicola's attraction to young and young-looking men might have been the reason for his hasty departure from WPTV NewsChannel 5 in 2006.Kugler told Rapp Lopicola got in trouble at the news station " because he was bringing people to the station that looked particularly young."Check back for updates to this breaking news story.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Fla.) Visit The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Fla.) at .palmbeachpost.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存