St. Petersburg, Fla. (970 WFLA)- A Pinellas county 13 year old, who had been molested several times over the last two years by a 29 year old man, gathered the courage tell a family member who then reported the sexual battery to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office.
29 year old Ronnie Kasten of St. Petersburg is charged with sexual battery and lewd and lascivious molestation.
Detectives from the Crimes Against Children Unit says Kasten first molested the victim when the child was 11 years old. Kasten is now locked up in the Pinellas County Jail.
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