Brevard man arrested on incest charge; fathered a child with a relative

A 43-year-old Central Brevard man, who Brevard County sheriff's investigators say fathered a child with a relative, is being held at the Brevard County Jail Complex on $500,000 bond.

The man, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of the victim, was charged with four counts of incest and four counts of sexual battery of a victim between ages 12 and 18, reports show.

Brevard County investigators reported that the man had initiated contact with the teen following a trip in the area to go ‘mudding’ or off-road driving.

Investigators said the man provided the teen with wine coolers and later went back to a home where the illicit sexual contact took place. Investigators said a child delivered by the teen in another city this year was also swabbed for DNA.

The lab results, provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, linked the child to the suspect, reports show. The man was arrested at his home and booked into the Brevard County Jail Complex.

No court date has been set.

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