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Man accused of having sex with 11-year-old runaway

 
Published Jan. 14, 2005|Updated Aug. 24, 2005

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.