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Man arrested for sexual assault after victim is able to identify distinctive piercing

Posted at 4:55 PM, Nov 18, 2019
and last updated 2019-11-18 17:55:23-05

TEMPLE. TX — A man was arrested for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl March of 2018.

Matthew Watson is accused of giving the victim and her sister alcohol while their parents were out of the home. The victim's sister told police she remembers going to bed while the suspect and the victim were awake.

The victim said that she was not able to remember much of the incident because of the alcohol, but she was able to provide police with a description of a distinctive piercing that caused her pain during the incident.

She also told police he provided her with a morning after pill after asking her if she used birth control. Army C.I.D was able to confirm that Watson had the piercing.

Watson is being held on $150,000 bond.