Illegal Immigrant Charged With Sexually Battery Of Florida Girl

Credit: Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office 

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Florida - The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Guatemalan man in the country illegally with sexual battery on a fourteen year old girl. 

The girl disclosed the alleged abuse to family members who took her to HCA Destin-Fort Walton Beach Hospital.

Follwing an OCSO investigation, 24-year old Jose Chan of Landview Drive near Fort Walton Beach is now accused of sexually assaulting the girl at her home last February 25th. 

Investigators say that a medical examination of the victim showed a positive finding for sexual abuse.  

Florida Department of Law Enforcement lab results also allegedy found evidence of the girl’s DNA on Chan, via buccal swabs obtained from Chan.

The FBI confirmed the identity of Chan to OCSO due to his past deportation by the U.S. Customs and Border Portection on February 9th, 2024.