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18 year-old Eric Pineda is tonight facing an indecent assault charge after being accused of taking a 13 year-old girl on a date and then touching her inappropriately.

The incident is alleged to have happened on November 1, 2014 when Pineda is accused of taking the minor to an ice cream parlor. The girl says that while they were sitting down on opposite chairs, Pineda fondled her leg. She says that it made her very uncomfortable.

The girl didn't mention anything to her family, and it was not until her mother came across text messages and a conversation on her Facebook messenger that she found out that Pineda was trying to seduce her daughter – going so far as to arrange a date to meet up at a San Ignacio hotel.

Both mother and daughter went to the San Ignacio Police Station and

reported the incident on Monday. Pineda was detained by police and after seeking advice of the Office of the DPP, he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault of an indecent assault.

He was arraigned in San Ignacio Magistrate's Court where he pleaded not guilty and was granted bail.