Man Touched 9-Year-Old Inappropriately: Danbury Police

Danbury police have arrested a man accused of inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl in 2010.

Victor Handal, 72, of Danbury faces charges of Risk of injury to a minor-morals and risk of injury to a minor-sexual contact.

Police said on March 11, 2016 they received a complaint that in 2010 Handal touched the girl inappropriately at a home in Danbury. During the course of the investigation, police discovered that Handal sent inappropriate text messages to the same girl in 2015, when she was 15-years-old.

The Danbury Police Special Victims Unit investigated the case and obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect. Handal turned himself in to police on Sept. 16, 2016.

He was released on a $30,000 bond and is expected in court on Sept. 29, 2016.

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