TYLER COUNTY, Texas — A Jasper County Sheriff's Office employee has been indicted on two counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact.
The charges are against a 61-year-old man named Anibal Mauricio Villasana. The indictment was filed in Tyler County.
He has already posted bail for the two charges totaling $100,000, jail records show.
Villasana had been placed on administrative leave, according to authorities.
He was a lieutenant in the jail division at the Jasper County Sheriff's Office.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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