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Additional charges added for man charged with Human Trafficking and Lewd Battery Lehigh Acres

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UPDATE (5:00pm)-- As part of the ongoing investigation, the Lee County Sheriffs Office Digital Forensics Unit uncovered additional video containing sexual content.

This evidence has resulted in additional charges: one count of Lewd Battery: Encouraging, Forcing, Enticing a Person Less than 16 years of age into prostitution or any other act involving sexual activity and one count of Sexual Performance of a Child.

Perez was rearrested and transported to the Lee County Jail.


The Lee County Sheriffs Office arrested a man for Human Trafficking and Lewd Battery.

Deputies say 52-year-old Jesus Francisco Santana Perez trafficked underage girls providing them with drugs and use of his car and cash.

A 14 year old victim told the Sheriffs Perez went by two names Tio and Frank.

Jesus Francisco Santana Perez was arrested and charged with two counts of Lewd Battery and Human Trafficking.