Story Tools • • Date of Issue: June 15, 2006 Anna Maria man charged with sex crime Anna Maria resident George A. Pyke, 57, of the 700 block of North Shore Drive, was arrested Monday, June 5, by Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies and charged with a sex crime against a juvenile boy. The MCSO report alleged that Pyke, a retired doctor, inappropriately touched the boy last October, according to the victim. Pyke was taken into custody and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a boy under the age of 16. Bond was set at $25,000. The report did not indicate where the alleged incident took place.