18-year-old Arizona man indicted in sexual predator case

FLORENCE, Ariz. – A prosecutor has announced an indictment against an 18-year-old Arizona student charged with sexually assaulting about a dozen girls over nearly five years.

Charges against Tyler Kost of San Tan Valley include multiple counts of sexual assault with a minor, sexual abuse with a minor and sexual conduct with a minor.

He also faces one count of child molestation.

Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles says the victims in the crimes alleged in the indictment ranged from 12 to 17 years old.

Voyles says the offences occurred between October 2009 and April 2014.

Kost was born in January 1996 so he was 13 when the first offence allegedly occurred, butVoyles plans to try him as an adult on all charges.

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