PEORIA, Ill.. – A Bartonville man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a girl in Peoria and Bartonville.
Peoria Police say 66-year-old Joseph Braun was taken into custody for predatory criminal sexual assault and sexual assault and exploitation of a child. Braun was also arrested by Bartonville Police for predatory criminal sexual assault.
PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says on September 22, officers responded to a report of a child confiding in a trusted adult that a man known to the girl’s family had sexually assaulted her about five years ago.
Peoria and Bartonville Police conducted a joint investigation, executing a search warrant on Braun’s Bartonville home on October 8, Roth says.
Braun was taken into custody without incident and taken to the Peoria County Jail. He was released on Friday.
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