Citrus deputies arrest sexual battery suspect

Citrus County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 21-year-old man they say sexually battered a 5-year-old girl in her home in the town of Hernando on Sunday.

Deputies found Jose Pasqual Acosta Martin (left), at a store in the town of Hernando after 7 p.m. Martin was carrying an invalid international driver's license with the alias Jose Pascual Acosta, according to the sheriff's office.

Detectives started investigating the incident after the girl reported it to her parents.

-- Stephanie Garry, Times staff writer