Babysitter arrested for allegedly assaulting 8-year-old sexually

TEXARKANA, Texas (KSLA) - The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a child.

The police department says officers were initially called out on Aug. 10 to a local hospital’s emergency room to meet with the victim’s mother. The woman reportedly told police her 8-year-old daughter told her that Larry Bell Jr., 18, assaulted her while he was babysitting her at his house earlier in the month.

A warrant for Bell’s arrest was obtained. Bell was booked into the Bi-State Jail Friday, Aug. 18, where he remains as of the publication of this article. His bond was set at $150,000.

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