BARTONVILLE, Ill. (WMBD) -- A Bartonville man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl in Peoria and Bartonville.

Joseph E. Braun, 66, was arrested by Peoria police for predatory criminal sexual assault and sexual assault and exploitation of a child, and Bartonville police arrested him for predatory criminal sexual assault, spokesperson Semone Roth said.

On Sept. 22, Peoria police responded to a call about a child confiding in a trusted adult that a man known to the family had sexually assaulted her five years ago in Peoria and Bartonville, Roth said.

The Peoria and Bartonville police conducted a joint investigation and executed a search warrant at Braun's Bartonville residence on Oct. 8, Roth said. He was taken into custody without incident.

Braun was transported to the P

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