St. Augustine, FL (January 15, 2019) – A man from Jacksonville was arrested on charges of child molestation and sexual battery that occurred repeatedly during a two-year time span.
42-year-old Terry Wen Fee Tan allegedly molested a child under the age of 12 during a two-year timeframe. He has since been arrested on charges of sexual battery on a person under 12, lewd and lascivious molestation, and a variety of other related charges and is being held at the St. Johns County Jail. Detectives believe that the molestations started in July of 2016 and ended at the end of December of 2018. Tan performed various sex acts on a child.
The child came forward to investigators and told them about the different sex acts that had been performed. Since then, the child also spoke with a child protective investigator and confirmed the events, which were forwarded to the Department of Children and Families.
Tan was arrested on Friday and transferred to the St. Johns County jail today.
St. Augustine Sexual Battery Laws
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