Florida woman arrested, accused of sexual battery on 6-year-old she was babysitting
10/09/2019 12:38 pm PDT
via WTKR:
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WTKR) -- A Pinellas County teenager was arrested for sexual battery on a 6-year-old girl while she was babysitting her, according to WFTS.
Deputies say the incidents happened between August and September at a home in Seminole, Fla.
Erica Michelle Charles, 19, was arrested and charged with three counts of Sexual Battery (child less than 12 years old), one count Lewd and Lascivious Molestation, one count of Prohibition Of Certain Acts In Connection with Obscenity.
According to detectives, the investigation began on Oct. 4 after the Florida Department of Children and Family received a report alleging sexual abuse involving the 6-year-old victim.
Charles was reportedly babysitting the victim and showed her pornographic videos on her cellphone. She is also accused of removing the girl's clothes and directing her to perform a sex act on her. Detectives say Charles sexually battered the girl on multiple occasions.
Charles admitted to the incidents and was taken to the Pinellas County Jail without incident.
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