A Cottondale man is accused of committing sexual battery on a 14-year-old girl on Valentine’s Day of this year.
According to the complaint against 42-year-old Andre Juan Cooper, he is accused of calling the girl on her cell phone as she walked home from school on Feb. 14, and asking her to come to his house on Front Street.
He allegedly told the girl that he had something for her there. When she arrived, police say, Cooper was in the bedroom and told her to come in there and sit on the bed. He allegedly “told her she was cute and came over to her and forced his hand up her shirt and onto her breast,” according to the complaint.
Police say he then allegedly forced her onto the bed, held her down and committed a sexual act. The victim told him to stop and was able to get away from him, officials reported. As the girl was leaving Cooper’s residence, police say, he told her not to tell anyone.
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