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A Hanover County teacher and soccer coach has been charged with molesting a girl who attends a day care facility that his wife operates out of their Chesterfield County home.

Leslie E. Deane Jr., 64, was arrested Monday on charges of aggravated sexual battery and taking indecent liberties with a child in a custodial role, Chesterfield police said. The alleged offense occurred this month.

Police said the alleged victim reported to a family member that she had been inappropriately touched on at least one occasion by Deane, who lives in the 1900 block of Neptune Drive.

“We got involved and conducted an interview with the victim, and that’s when we received the information (and decided) we had enough information to go forward with the charges,” said Chesterfield police Sgt. Brad Conner.

Deane doesn’t own or operate the day care, Conner said. “He just happened to be a family member residing in that home.”

Deane’s wife runs the facility, the detective said.

Conner declined to provide the child’s precise age but said she is younger than 13. Deane is accused of touching the girl’s genital area over and under her clothing, the detective added.