LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A North Carolina man has been arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile in the Lake Charles area, according to the Lake Charles Police Department.

Deputy Chief Kevin Kirkum says officers were originally dispatched to a residence in the Lake Charles area after being informed about a missing 15-year-old girl on April 27. While officers were at the scene, the juvenile returned home and told her mother and officers that she was with 29-year-old Benjamin Kacan.

During their investigation, detectives determined that Kacan had befriended the girl on social media earlier that month, set a plan to meet with her, flew to Houston, TX, then traveled to Lake Charles, where he rented a room at a local hotel and AirBnB.

While in Lake Charles, detectives

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