A former Bay High School student found guilty late Friday afternoon of sexually assaulting two 14-year-old girls in the locker room is set for sentencing July 9, State Attorney Larry Basford announced.
Jaques Cortez Lee, 22, was 19 and a senior at the time of the offenses. He was found guilty of Sexual Battery of one of the victims and Lewd and Lascivious Battery on the other for the Nov. 8, 2022 attack.
Prosecutor Morgan McAfee called both victims as witnesses and presented evidence showing the defendant was communicating with both victims via Snapchat. On Nov. 8, 2022, he ssaged one to meet him in the locker room.
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A friend went with the victim for safety and the evidence showed that while in the locker room the defendant sexually assaulted both girls. Both victims reported it and underwent forensic interviews at the Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center for forensic interviews.
Basford thanked the Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center for its work and the Bay County Sheriff’s Office for its thorough investigation that helped lead to the guilty verdicts.
For more information, contact Mike Cazalas at mike.cazalas@sa14.fl.gov, or call 850-381-7454.