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WHITEHOUSE, Texas (KLTV) - A Whitehouse man is behind bars after he was accused of sexually assaulting a child while babysitting over the course of five years.
John Lenn Bonner, 73, of Whitehouse is charged with the first-degree felony of continuous sexual abuse of a child.
In an interview with the Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County, the child said Bonner assaulted her on multiple occasions from around the ages of five to 10 years old, according to an arrest affidavit.
A warrant for Bonner’s arrest was signed Tuesday, and he was arrested later that same day.