Authorities arrested a 21-year-old man Wednesday after he was accused of raping an 11-year-old girl.
Pinellas sheriff's deputies said Jason A. Fletcher, 21, of 5356 76th St N had sex with the girl, who was a runaway. Fletcher acknowledged having sex with the minor, according to a police report.
In 2001, Fletcher violated probation stemming from a lewd and lascivious charge, court records show. In 2003, he was sentenced to a year in jail on burglary charges.
Fletcher faces a charge of sexual battery on a child younger than 12. He remained in jail Thursday night on $100,000 bail.