Crime & Safety

Round Rock Man Charged with Sexually Assaulting Teen He Met on Facebook

The man was arrested Saturday and is held in Williamson County Jail.

A Round Rock man is facing charges that he sexually assaulted a child.

Sky Dee Taylor, 19, was arrested Saturday. He met his alleged victim, a 15-year-old girl, on Facebook.

During their Facebook conversations the girl told Taylor she was 15, police said. On August 1, the girl ran away from her family with Taylor to his Round Rock home, police said. Police say Taylor then sexually assaulted her in the home and in a shed behind the home. The police found out about Taylor after receiving a filed report from the girl’s mother.

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Taylor was also charged with possession of marijuana. He is being held at Williamson County Jail, with bail set at $27,000. He has yet to be released, police said.

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