A 21-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after authorities said he sexually assaulted a child multiple times during a three-month span.
James Eugene Whaley Jr. was charged with five counts of sexual battery on a minor by the St. Johns County Sheriffs Office. The child is younger than 10 years old, according to a Sheriffs Office news release.
Detectives said Whaley was a friend of the victims family and moved to St. Johns County several months ago with them from South Carolina. He was brought in for questioning after the victims brother told a family friend about the assaults.