Detectives report that there may be more victims.

SARASOTA -- Detectives are asking potential victims to come forward after a 45-year-old restaurant owner was accused of sexually battering a 16-year-old employee on her second day of work.

According to the Sarasota Police Department, the victim began working at Inkanto restaurant, 4141 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 16, on Oct. 14. The owner, Fernando A. Palomino, 45, became flirtatious with her and told her he was a massage therapist. He tried to massage her back several times and she refused. The girl told police she thought this was strange because Palomino's wife worked at the restaurant.

At about 1 p.m. the next day Fernando's wife left the restaurant. He locked the front door and began massaging the girl's shoulders, police say. He then told her to come into the back room, where he groped her breasts and orally and digitally penetrated her vagina against her will, according to police.

The girl, who said she was in shock, left the restaurant and went to law enforcement.

Police say they interviewed Fernando, who admitted to engaging in oral sex with the victim. He was arrested on Oct. 16 and charged with three counts of sexual battery on a child.

Police believe there may be more victims and ask anyone with information in this case to call Detective Dustin Luciano at 941-363-5827.