By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
ST. PETERSBURG — An 86-year-old St. Petersburg man is accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl.
Police said Ernest Levasseur sexually abused the girl while they were alone together watching TV Monday. He later paid the girl not to tell, police said.
The girl took the money to school and was showing it around. When school officials questioned why she had it and she explained what happened.
After interviewing the girl, police arrested Levasseur on Tuesday. He was being held at the Pinellas County Jail on Wednesday. His bail has not yet been set.
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