JOHNSON CITY MAN CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY TOUCHING A MINOR INAPPROPRIATELY

A Johnson City man has been charged after allegedly touching a minor inappropriately. The Johnson City Police Department reports that 48-year-old Adolfo Varges Castro was arrested Thursday at 9:15 p.m. After officers had responded to a call about a minor being touched inappropriately in the 500 block of Robinson Drive. The investigation found that Castro had fondled a minor under the age of 17 and held a minor by force from leaving the scene. He was also reportedly publicly intoxicated and provided officers with a false identity. Castro was charged with sexual battery, false imprisonment, criminal impersonation, and public intoxication. He was transported to the Washington County Detention Center and was placed on a $40,000 bond. 

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