A Niceville woman was arrested today on charges she sexually abused a young child over a seven month period in 2018.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office served two warrants on 50-year old Katrina Puri this morning – lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim less than twelve and lewd and lascivious exhibition on a victim less than sixteen.
A caretaker had reported noticing redness on the child during bath time and sexual behaviors.
The victim told the caretaker, and subsequently investigators, that Puri touched her inappropriately on a number of occasions, sometimes when she was clothed and sometimes when she was not.
During an interview Puri denied any sexual abuse took place.
Navarre Newspaper reminds our readers that Katrina Puri is presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.
