MAN ARRESTED FOR HAVING SEX WITH MINOR

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY HAD SEX WITH A MINOR NUMEROUS TIMES.  DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A PORT CHARLOTTE HOME LAST FRIDAY FOR A DOMESTIC ARGUMENT BETWEEN A HUSBAND AND WIFE.  WHEN THE DEPUTY ARRIVED HE LEARNED THE ARGUMENT WAS ABOUT THEIR 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH A FORMER HOUSE GUEST, 20 YEAR OLD JAMES LENART.  DETECTIVES LEARNED THAT LENART HAD BEEN LIVING IN THEIR HOME FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND HE AND THE THEN 12 YEAR OLD GIRL BECAME SEXUALLY INVOLVED.  THE SEX REPORTEDLY OCCURRED FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATE LAST YEAR WHEN NO ONE WAS HOME, AND AT OTHER LOCATIONS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY BEFORE HE MOVED OUT.  LENART WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH TEN FELONY COUNTS OF LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS MOLESTATION.  HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL.