{"id":98882,"date":"2025-12-23T20:48:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/98882\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:48:06","slug":"man-accused-of-making-inappropriate-propositions-to-13-year-old-girl-outside-el-paso-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/98882\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of making inappropriate propositions to 13-year-old girl outside El Paso store"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) \u2013 A 13-year-old girl reported that a man approached her and made inappropriate propositions in exchange for money, El Paso Police said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The girl told police it happened\u00a0outside a grocery store on Dec. 13 on Gateway South Blvd. near Kenworthy Street in Northeast El Paso.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police arrested 49-year-old Steven Kelley Auston.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Police said he talked with the 13-year-old, made inappropriate comments and tried to persuade her to go with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The child told police she repeatedly declined. She said she felt fear and left the area to seek safety inside the store.<\/p>\n

Auston was booked into the El Paso County Jail on a $50,000 bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about what happened is asked to call the El Paso Police non-emergency number at 915-832-4000 or Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 915-566-8477.<\/p>\n

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