RACINE — A 32-year-old Racine man is accused of sexually assaulting multiple girls.
The
assaults attributed to Tuan D. Watkins, of the 800 block of College
Avenue, allegedly occurred between 2010 and 2018.
Some
of his accusers are now adults but were teens at the time of the
alleged assaults. Other accusers are younger than 10. All of the
accusers are female, according to the criminal complaint.
At
least two of the victims who came forward said that they didn’t
report the assaults at the time because they “did not think (her
relatives) would believe” them. One of them thought they would “get
into trouble” if she said anything.
Watkins
allegedly threatened to kill one of the girls if she told anyone he
abused her, according to the Racine Police Department’s
investigation.
The
felony charges against Watkins are as follows:
- Three counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child under age 16
- First-degree sexual assault of a child under age 12
- First-degree sexual assault, sexual contact with a child under age 13
- Causing a child under age 13 to view/listen to sexual activity
Combined,
Watkins faces up to 252 years and six months in prison.
A
warrant for Watkins’ arrest was issued in June, but he didn’t
appear in court until Wednesday. A cash bond of $25,000 has been set,
according to online court records. A preliminary hearing is scheduled
for Dec. 19.
Watkins
has a long criminal history that includes theft and battery
convictions from 2004, hit-and-run causing injury and selling
marijuana in 2008, intimidation of a victim in 2014, again
selling marijuana and fleeing police in 2015,
and he
was arrested in Kenosha County in
April of this year after he allegedly crashed a vehicle he stole.
He
pleaded guilty to felony hit-and-run involving injury, misdemeanor
criminal damage to property, and felony attempt to take and drive
vehicle without consent in the Kenosha case.
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