SAN ANGELO, TX – A man was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly made a 15-year-old touch his genitals.
On April 25, the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office arrested Francisco Lamas and charged him with indecency with a child by sexual contact. The deputies learned of this after the victim made an outcry to her mother about what had happened on October 22.
That night the child was walking when a Lamas drove up in a silver pickup truck and offered the child a ride. When the child got into the car he took her to his house on the 6400 block of FM 380. According to the affidavit, Lamas pulled down his pants, rubbed his genitalia on the child, and made her touch his genitalia.
Once the outcry happened the mother looked through her phone records and found a number that she did not know. She searched the number on Facebook and the number was linked to Lamas' Facebook page. She then showed a picture of the man to the daughter and she said that he was the man who took her that night.
Deputies went out to the house on FM 380 and found the silver truck that was registered in his name.
Lamas was booked into the Tom Green County Jail on Thursday and was released the following day in a $75,000 bond.
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According to the article, the mother's phone records apparently documented an ongoing relationship between the girl and the man, or at the least a previous encounter.
A 15 year old is closer to the age of a young adult, than a child. Most young people half the age of this young woman, know not to volunteer personal information to strangers, much less hop into their vehicles.
This said, it shouldn't at all absolve this man of his crimes, rather spotlight the lack of discretion and common sense that a 15 year old should be expected to have.
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