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Man, 19, accused of sexual battery against four underage girls

A 19-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on charges of having sexual relations with underage girls.

Seminole County deputies said the investigation into Samuel Richmond began in January when investigators received information that he was having sex with four females between the ages of 14 and 15 years old.

The victims told investigators that they met Richmond through a mutual friend and he inappropriately touched them and had sexual contact with them numerous times, usually in his vehicle.

“The individual has befriended them and eventually started taking advantage of them,” said Kim Cannaday of the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. “He would offer the victims rides to wherever they wanted to go, and that’s how he hooked them in in the first place.”

Cannaday said once Richmond began to gain their trust, he began to take to take advantage of them.

Investigators arrested Richmond Tuesday at his Chuluota home on four charges of lewd and lascivious battery.

He was released from jail on a $60,000 bond.

Investigators ask anyone with information on more victims to call the Sheriff's Office Crimes Against Children Unit at 407 665-6650.