St. Clairsville, OH (WTRF) — An owner of a Chick-fil-A in Ohio was arrested after allegedly performing sexual activities with a 15-year-old.
Deputies with the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina say they responded to a home for a breaking or entering in progress.
When officers arrived, the resident informed officers that when he got home, he found a male, identified as 49-year-old Stacy Lee Austin, inside with the resident’s 15-year-old child.
Officers say they found that Austin drove to the victim’s home from Belmont, Ohio and had been communicating with the 15-year-old on a social media application.
Deputies say Austin tried to arrange to pick the teen up and while he was at the victim’s home, he performed sexual activities with them.
Investigators say they found Austin’s underwear in the trashcan of a bathroom in the home along with some of the juvenile’s clothing. Deputies say Austin admitted to the sexual acts and was concerned about losing his job as owner of the Chick-fil-A in St.Clairsville, Ohio.
Austin is being charged with a statutory sex offense with a child and placed in the Rowan County Detention Center under no bond due to the Pretrial Integrity Act.
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