Crime & Safety
Safety Harbor Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old
Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives have arrested a Safety Harbor man accused of having sexual activity with a 12-year-old girl.

TARPON SPRINGS, FL -- Pinellas County Sheriffβs detectives have arrested a Safety Harbor man accused of having sexual activity with a 12-year-old girl.
Detectives say the sexual molestation occurred Friday, April 14. Thomas Pham, 55, was arrested at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14.
According to detectives, the 12-year-old was in Phamβs care at the time of the abuse. She flagged down a Tarpon Springs Police officer and related what had occurred. Pinellas detectives took over the investigation and were able to verify the girlβs story.
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Detectives interviewed Pham at the Sheriff's North District Station, 737 Louden Ave., Dunedin, where Pham admitted to having inappropriate sexual contact with the girl.
He was charged with one count of sexual battery and taken to the Pinellas County Jail.
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