Detectives Arrest and Charge 46 Year Old Livingston Man With Child Sex Crime, LIVINGSTON, May 23, 2022 - Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives have arrested 46 year old Jason Wayne Bennett, of Livingston, for Sexual Assault of a Child (a felony). Detectives began an investigation after a female child made an outcry of being sexually abused by Jason Bennett, on more than one occasion at his home. The child was forensically interviewed and taken to St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Hospital, where further exams were completed.
After further investigation by detectives an arrest warrant was obtained on May 17, 2022, for the arrest of Jason Bennett. The following day Jason Bennett turned himself in to the Polk County Jail and was later released on a $50,000 bond, with conditions of a protective order and other bond conditions protecting the child from further contact. If you have any information in reference to this case or any other case, please contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, at 936-327-6810.
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