ASHLAND A long-haul trucker living in Florida was charged April 16 in federal court with sexually abusing two girls in northeastern Kentucky.
Charging documents for the suspect were unsealed this week, accusing Jimmy Deleon, 55, of Winter Park, Florida, of knowingly transporting a minor with the intent to engage in sexual activity and knowingly traveling in interstate commerce with the purpose of engaging in any illicit sexual conduct.
Deleon is being held in at a jail in Cass County, North Dakota, awaiting extradition on his charge.
According to Deleonâs charging papers, the man knew the victims for several years and is accused of abusing them during that time. After the abuse was uncovered by a school official, a police agency in northeastern Kentucky began investigating the matter, court records show.