A Satsuma man was arrested Wednesday and is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.
Brad Berardi, 38, was arrested after an anonymous tip to the Department of Children and Families. Investigators said he was well known to the girl’s family and was secretly grooming her for sex. Grooming is defined by law enforcement as the process of gaining a child’s trust with the intention of sexually abusing the child.
Col. Joe Wells, with the Sheriff’s Office, says Berardi was well known to the victim’s family. Wells says that in this case, the grooming came via drug use. Wells says all parents need to know the multiple signs of grooming if they allow their child to be around an adult they think they can trust.
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