A 52-year-old man is behind bars in Tuscaloosa after a weekend arrest for sex abuse of two juvenile victims.

Tuscaloosa police on Monday announced charges against Jimmy Lee Newell. Lt. Teena Richardson said the investigation was launched after Tuscaloosa's Department of Human Resources were made aware of the sexual assault of the two young children - a boy and a girl - under the age of 12. Additional details weren't released.

Richardson said after a thorough investigation into the allegations and interviews with both victims, Newell was charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. He remained jailed Monday with bonds totaling $120,000.