SANFORD, Maine — In the midst of a sexual assault investigation, Sanford police were tipped off to an arson and that investigation led to the arrest of a teenager, according to police.
The alleged assault occurred at an underage drinking party in town on New Year’s Eve, according to Detective Sgt. Matthew Jones of the Sanford Police Department.
While police were investigating that matter, officers learned of an unreported arson that had taken place in the neighborhood of the underage drinking party, Jones said.
A joint investigation between Sanford police and the town’s fire department led to the arrest of Tylor Yeaton, 19, of Sanford, who was taken into custody early Wednesday at a friend’s residence, according to Jones.
The victim of the sexual assault is a teenage girl whose name is not being released, Jones said. Police aren’t releasing further details on the arson or the assault due to the sensitive nature of the investigation and numerous parties involved, he added.
Yeaton was booked into the York County Jail on $10,000 cash bail. Arson is a Class A felony charge punishable by up to 25 years in jail.
He’ll turn himself around and become a model citizen. What’s wrong with a little jail bait and burnin’? :(
The fact that this isn’t the first person he’s sexually assaulted, The fact that he’s been in and out of jail already, once for 8 days, next for 2 years and now this, and that he has two daughters he doesn’t even know. He’s let down his family, he’s let down everyone who knows him and it’s very very sad this this is the kind of ‘model citizen’ he decides to be for his children to look up to. He will be a career Criminal and if he isn’t stopped now, he’ll continue to hurt everyone in his path.