Malcolm Curtis Tillman, a 22-year-old security officer from Tampa who works at Booker T. Washington Elementary School, was taken into custody and charged with sexual battery after he blindfolded and sexually assaulted a six-year-old student.

According to a report by Tampa Bay Times, Tillman was arrested on Wednesday after forensic reports backed the girl's statement. The kid told the investigators that the security officer took her out of class on January 10 and assaulted her inside the "game room".

Describing the situation she said that he made her sit on a chair with her hands behind her back. "He told (her) he was going to take care of (her) and it was going to be okay," says the search warrant affidavit according to Tampa Bay Times. Following that, Tillman covered the six-year-old girl's eyes and nose with a black fleece jacket which was behind the couch.

The kid then revealed that when the security officer removed the jacket from her eyes, she noticed that his pants were still unbuttoned. He then told the girl "they were all good". The incident was reported by the girl to the district officials on the same day who contacted the Tampa police.

The 6-year-old was able to show the investigators the room she was taken to and where the jacket exactly was kept. Though Tillman denied the accusations at first stating that he assumed the girl was a neglected girl "and wanted to determine how safe she was at home," according to the report.

But when Tillman's semen was found in two places on the jacket and physical evidence supported the kid's statement, he was arrested. The secuirty officer was removed from the school the minute the girl complained and when he was arrested, he was also fired from the job, stated Tanya Arja, the district's spokeswoman.

In a message, the school's principal Jaime Gerding told the parents, "I am disgusted and shocked by this arrest. We trusted him to protect our students and staff and he broke that trust." Tillman was still on a probationary period when he was arrested on Wednesday. According to Arja, Tillman had passed all tests and background checks before he was hired.

In an interview with WFLA, Tampa police spokesperson Steve Hagerty said, "This case is particularly troubling because you have someone in a position of authority and that’s a very young child. So we’re happy to make the case as quickly as we did."