BEAUMONT, Texas — A Jefferson County grand jury indicted a 17-year-old Beaumont teen on a child indecency charge this week.
Luis Juarez, 17, of Beaumont, was indicted on a charge of indecency with a child.
The abuse, of the then 5-year-old victim, happened in 2022 according to a probable cause affidavit in the case.
Charges were filed after the girl made an outcry to her aunt and was examined by a "sexual assault nurse examiner" according to the affidavit.
If found guilty on the second degree felony charge of indecency with a child Juarez faces from two to 20 years in prison.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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