A 57-year-old Sallisaw man has confessed to police he molested an 11-year-old girl on several occasions, police reported.

Roger Lamar Sanders was charged in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw, on Dec. 23 with two counts of lewd molestation. On Dec. 30 Sanders was charged with four more counts of lewd molestation.

According to the report, the first charges on Dec. 23 stem from two separate incidents that happened in June and December. The second set of charges stem from four separate incidents that happened in October. A warrant for Sanders arrest was issued Dec. 23.

In the first report on Dec. 17 the juvenile girl told officers when she was in Sanders bedroom playing on the computer and Sanders came in and asked her if he could feel her and began touching her. According to the report, she told Sanders to stop but he wouldn’t. Sanders allegedly told the juvenile girl if she told anyone she would not be allowed to play on the computer anymore.

According to the report she told officers Sanders and she had been fishing at least 10 to 15 times. She said every time they went fishing Sanders would put his hands in her pants and touch her private area.

Officers interviewed Sanders on Dec. 23. According to the second report, Sanders confessed to allegedly touching the juvenile girl on several occasions during fishing trips. Sanders told officers that he would take the juvenile girl fishing with him and she would sit on his lap and he would stick his hands in her panties. Sanders also told officers he would stick his hands up her shirt. Sanders was booked into the Sequoyah County Jail Dec. 23.

Fort Smith Police detectives responded to the Sallisaw Police Department in reference to the juvenile girl being sexually abused while in Fort Smith, Ark.  The detectives learned that the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office and Sallisaw Police Department had conducted an investigation on similar complaints made by the juvenile girl.

Fort Smith detectives interviewed the juvenile girl and Sanders.  After conferring with the Sebastian County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Sanders in Sebastian County on four counts of second-degree sexual assault with a $75,000 bond.

Sanders was booked in the Sequoyah County Jail on Dec. 28. Sanders is being held in lieu of a $10,000 bond on the two counts of lewd molestation and a $50,000 bond on the four counts of lewd molestation. A hold has been placed on Sanders for Sebastian County.

Sanders arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 6 in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw.