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SMITH COUNTY \u2014 An arrest warrant sheds new details on an East Texas man accused of sexually assaulting a child his wife was babysitting.<\/p>\nSMITH COUNTY \u2014 An arrest warrant sheds new details on an East Texas man accused of sexually assaulting a child his wife was babysitting.<\/p>\n
According to our news partner KETK, Smith County deputies responded to a medical center on Feb. 13 after a child had reported being sexually assaulted. Officers spoke with the mother who said her daughter confessed to her the previous day she had a secret, but the mother did not think much of it. The next day, Feb. 13, the child reiterated she had the secret that pertained to Brandon Darrell Couey, her babysitter\u2019s husband. <\/p>\n
During a forensic interview, the child described deviant sexual activity performed on her by Couey and gave detailed information by using male and female anatomy drawings.<\/p>\n
Couey reportedly gave her $5 for the book fair and told the girl to keep it a secret. The mother said, the child did come home from school the following day with a book from the book fair even though she had not given the child any money. <\/p>\n
Since then, Couey has been arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 and remains in the Smith County Jail on a $700,000 bond. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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