Newport News, Va. – A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged for allegedly inappropriately touching two young girls on several occasions.
The mother of the victims told Newport News Police on January 19th that Montell Deante Lawson had inappropriately touched her daughters, ages 8 and 9, on several occasions since November of 2012 at their residence in Denbigh.
The complaint was investigated by detectives in the Special Victims Unit and warrants were issued for Lawson.
He turned himself in at the magistrate’s office on March 2nd. He is charged with four counts of taking indecent liberties with a child and one count of attempted aggravated sexual battery.
