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Deputies: Man arrested for sexual battery, holding teen at gunpoint

By FOX 35 News Staff

Updated January 24, 2021 9:49am EST

Deputies make arrest in sexual battery case

They say the man sexually battered a teen while holding a gun to her.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Orange County deputies have made an arrest in a kidnapping case.

Deputies said that they found DNA linking Victor Baten Jr. to an accident involving a 13-year-old girl. They say he sexually battered the girl while holding her at gunpoint on Silver Star Road and Ashland Boulevard.

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He now reportedly faces several charges.

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