Murphy senior citizen jailed on child sexual assault charge

John Frederick Kaufman
John Frederick Kaufman

Cherokee County, N.C., authorities have charged an 81-year-old Murphy man with sexually assaulting a child victim.

Sheriff Derrick Palmer said Monday in a statement that John Frederick Kaufman was charged last week in connection with an unknown number of sexual assault on a child in an investigation stemming from a November 2016 report.

Cherokee County Sheriff's Office investigators completed their investigation this month resulting in Kaufman's arrest.

Kaufman is being held at the Cherokee County Detention Center on a $100,000 secure bond and is scheduled to appear in Cherokee County District Court Jan. 25.

"Because of the age of the victims and the sensitive nature of the incident, no further information is expected to be released from this office," Palmer said.

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