Marble Falls police charge 14-year-old boy in two sexual assaults at city pool
MARBLE FALLS —A 14-year-old boy is at a Kerrville juvenile facility after two young girls told police he inappropriately touched them at the city swimming pool.
The teenager was charged Aug. 3 with juvenile delinquency with the underlying offense listed as two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, according to police. He was transported to the Kerr County Juvenile Facility in Kerrville, officers said Aug. 6.
None of the principals in the case are being identified because they are minors.
Police Capt. Glenn Hanson said the two girls in the offenses are 7 and 11 years old.
“One of the incidents happened at the start of summer while the other occurred last week,” Hanson said.
The pool is located at 305 Buena Vista Drive.
On Aug. 4, another girl aged 13 also came forward claiming the boy touched her inappropriately, Hanson said. That case remains under investigation and no charges have been filed.
Because the victims in the first two cases are under 13, the charge is carried as aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Hanson said parents and children should discuss what constitutes inappropriate touching, even though the subject can be difficult.
“One of the easiest ways to describe it to a child is if their bathing suit covers it, then nobody should touch it,” he said. “And always stress to children that if somebody touches you or does something to you inappropriately, to report it to an adult.”
Parents or caregivers who hear their child make an outcry should immediately contact law enforcement, he added.
Hanson said investigators also are looking into the background of the juvenile suspect.
He said many youths who victimize others have often been victims themselves.
“We understand that a young person committing something like this was a victim at some point, too, and we need to get that young person help as well,” Hanson said. “That way we can break the cycle.”