Man arrested for sexual assault

A 23-year-old Lakeland, Florida man was arrested Sunday for sexually assaulting a minor female following a joint investigation between the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit.

Johnathan Blake Koers was charged with three counts of sexual assault.

The crimes occurred between 2013 and 2016 when the victim lived in Fiesta Key and Key Largo. The victim no longer lives in Monroe County.

The victim was between the ages of 12 and 14 when the crimes occurred in Monroe County.

The victim described to detectives incidents of forced oral sex and penetration by Koers.

Koers was booked into Monroe County jail on Sunday, but he is facing similar charges in Polk County, Florida and the state of Virginia.

The case in Monroe County began in January when Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit Detectives were notified by their counterparts in Polk County of the crimes committed here.

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