FROM STAFF REPORTS
JUAN CARLOS MORALES
GRANITE SHOALS — An employee of the city’s streets and parks department faces a child sexual assault charge, after parents told investigators they found inappropriate messages on their teen daughter’s cell phone, according to the Granite Shoals Police Department.
Juan Carlos Morales, 35, of Marble Falls was arrested by Granite Shoals police Oct. 27 while he was at his job in the Granite Shoals Streets and Parks Department, according to the report.
“We received a report from the parents of a 16-year-old female who had discovered some evidence that she was in a relationship with Mr. Morales,” Capt. Gary Boshears said. “They discovered some conversations with Mr. Morales they felt were not appropriate. Upon further investigation, we determined it was a sexual relationship.”
Investigators say they believe the relationship happened during the first week in September at a Granite Shoals location and that the suspect was known to the family.
“The sexual relationship we believe happened one time,” Boshears said. “Regardless, with a 16-year-old, if they’re forced or not forced, 16 is not an age where you can give consent to have a sexual relationship.”
Morales remains in the Burnet County Jail with a $25,000 bond on a second-degree felony charge of sexual assault of a child, punishable by two to 20 years in prison if convicted.
A city official did not immediately return phone calls regarding the employment status of Morales with the city of Granite Shoals.
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