INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A 16-year-old was jailed Tuesday after deputies said he inappropriately touched a child while at a swimming pool.
The teenager was charged with sexual battery on a child, jail records show. The youth was taken to the St. Lucie Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Fort Pierce, Indian River County Jail officials said.
Indian River County deputies on Tuesday received a complaint about the incident, which occurred Monday. The child, under 12, told deputies the teenager touched him inappropriately, reports show.
The teenager told deputies he accidentally touched the child’s groin area, reports show. The youth eventually said he intentionally touched the lower part of the child’s body, deputies said.
Deputies arrested the teenager.