By Cathy Locke
clocke@sacbee.com
A 37-year-old Citrus Heights man was arraigned today in Sacramento Superior Court on charges of communication with a minor with the intent to have sex.
Kesava Braeger, 37, was arrested July 14 in Sacramento. Citrus Heights police officers and Clovis police detectives served him with an arrest warrant at his home, according to a Clovis Police Department news release.
The victim is a Clovis teenager. Her best friend is related to Braeger's ex-girlfriend. All three had stayed together at Braeger's Sacramento home.
Braeger is accused of posing online as a 17-year-old boy, creating a relationship with the Clovis teenager and agreeing to meet for dinner in Fresno.
The teenager told police that when she saw him, she recognized him as the man who had tried to grope her on two occasions. She ran out of the restaurant and reported the attempts of inappropriate touching to Clovis Police along with the later encounter.
Evidence seized from Braeger's computers as a result of the search warrant indicated that he had videotaped one of the teenagers getting out of the shower during one of the stays at his house, the news release says. The girl was age 13 at the time.
The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office is pursuing possession of child pornography charges based on evidence that Braeger had been downloading photos onto his computer.
Braeger is a former auditor for the California Department of Transportation and a current auditor for CalPERS, according to the news release.
Call The Bee's Cathy Locke, (916) 321-5287.
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