Lee County man sentenced to life in prison for child molestation

Writer: Joey Pellegrino
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Alfredo Navarrete. Credit: Lee County Sheriff’s Office

A Lee County man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday evening for the molestation in 2020 of a child his mother had once babysat.

According to state attorney documents, Alfredo Alejandro Navarrete, 34, of Villas, received his life sentence after a two-day trial led a jury to find him guilty of lewd or lascivious molestation.

According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a call in February 2020 that referenced a past sexual battery that happened in Lee County. The crime came to light when the victim wrote a letter to her mother disclosing that she had been inappropriately touched by Navarrete, her former babysitter’s adult son. LSCO’s special victims unit investigated the incident and eventually arrested Navarrete.

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