Ron Frankel, 68, Accused Of Flying Iowa Teen Girl To His Delray Beach Home. Home Raided By FBI.
DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The 68-year-old Delray Beach man accused of flying a teenage girl from Des Moines, Iowa, to his home in the gated community Seven Bridges for sex is seeking another delay from the federal judge assigned to his case.
Ron Frankel was arrested in July following an early morning FBI raid of his home in the 16000 block of Fleur De Lis Way. He was taken into custody and later released on GPS-tracked house arrest. It is the house where he is supposed to stay that is allegedly the scene of the crime — the place where Frankel engaged in multiple sexual acts with the the teen girl.
According to prosecutors in documents obtained by BocaNewsNow.com, Frankel met the girl online, then flew her from Des Moines to PBI where he had a car driver her to his home in Seven Bridges.
“After multiple FaceTime calls,” wrote FBI Agents, “Frankel sent the minor victim $1000 via Venmo for a plane ticket to Florida … the minor victim reported she landed in Florida and was picked up by a black Cadillac arranged by Frankel which brought her to Frankel’s residence inside a gated community.” The complaint alleges that Frankel engaged in sex acts with the minor in his Seven Bridges hot tub. He then allegedly engaged in additional acts the following day.
Frankel, according to the FBI, had the victim’s West Des Moines Community School email address in his phone’s directory when it was confiscated by the federal agents. The alleged victim claims that Frankel asked her if she had friends who would also like to engage in sex with Frankel.”
Ronald Frankel was released on $500,000 bond and ordered to surrender his passport. He is not allowed to possess a firearm, and is not permitted to sell his home. He is being monitored by GPS.
In a filing Tuesday, defense attorneys say that prosecutors agree that a delay is appropriate as both sides apaprently try to reach a deal that would prevent the need for the case to go to trial. We are publishing the document, below:
