Jury finds Gainesville man guilty of sexual battery of two teenage girls

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Yesterday, an Alachua County jury found Mir Agha Aseel, 66, guilty of two counts of sexual battery on a child between the ages of 12 and 18 and two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation.

Aseel was originally arrested on November 17, 2021, after one of the girls told an adult about the abuse and was interviewed by a School Resource Officer and an investigator from the Department of Children and Families. The girls both told investigators from the Child Protection Team that Aseel had touched them in ways that made them uncomfortable; one girl said these incidents had taken place over several years, and the other girl said the incidents had been happening for “a long time.” Investigators determined that at least two of the incidents constituted sexual battery, and at least two of the incidents constituted lewd and lascivious molestation.

Yesterday, a jury found Aseel guilty on all four charges. He will be sentenced in January.