CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Pensacola man with sexually molesting a female child dozens of times between 2009 and 2013.
Karl Menz, 52, currently incarcerated in the Okaloosa County Jail for an unrelated arrest, is now charged with sexual battery of a victim under age 12, sexual battery on a victim over twelve and under 18, lewd and lascivious molestation on a victim under 12,and lewd or lascivious molestation on a victim older than 12 but younger than 16.
Menz is accused of raping the girl numerous times, beginning when she was 10 and continuing through age 13.
Investigators say the attacks took place at various locations, including a home near Fort Walton Beach, at Rocky Bayou State Park outside Niceville, at Value Place Inn in Fort Walton Beach, the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in Fort Walton Beach, and at Henderson Beach State Park in Destin.
The victim says Menz had threatened the girl to keep quiet, by telling her she’d be taken from her mother, her mother would go to jail, or her mother would commit suicide if she told anyone.
She says he also threatened to kill her if she talked.
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