A Russell teen was jailed Monday after a 13-year-old girl alleged there was inappropriate sexual contact at a family gathering in Farmington Township.

Bryan Keith Vanord Bair, 18, of Russell was charged with two counts of unlawful contact with a minor – sexual offenses, a class 3 felony; corruption of minors – defendant age 18 or above, a class 3 felony; indecent assault without consent of other, indecent assault forcible compulsion and indecent assault person less than 16 years of age after an investigation by the State Police at Warren. A preliminary arraignment was held Monday in front of Magisterial District Judge Laura Bauer, where bail was initially set at $25,000 cash, though it was later modified to include conditions, according to the criminal court docket.

According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, the incident allegedly took place in late April 2024 while the girl and Bair were allegedly alone in a living room. Bair allegedly held one of the girl’s hands while the girl was holding an infant at the same time, which the affidavit says prevented the girl from being able to defend herself. The investigation began after the girl’s grandmother reported the incident to the State Police at Warren saying the girl had been sexually assaulted earlier in the day. The girl then went to the Warren County Children’s Advocacy Center in early May, where she was interviewed again.

The affidavit says state troopers interviewed Bair in September in his driveway. While Bair said he was at the same gathering as the girl, he said he wasn’t paying attention to the girl and denied the incident throughout the interview.

“The defendant continued to deny allegations of inappropriate physical contact,” the affidavit states.

A final interview in the case was done in October, when troopers were able to contact another person who was at the gathering. The woman said that while people were in and out of the living room throughout the day, Bair and the girl were both in the living room. The woman said the girl wasn’t acting normally and, when the woman asked the 13-year-old what was wrong, she allegedly began to cry.

“The girl disclosed the incident to a known female at the gathering,” the affidavit states. “This ultimately led to (the girl) discussing the incident with her guardian and grandmother.”

A preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 5 before Judge Bauer.

This is the fourth time in about a week that charges have been filed alleging sex crimes against children. A Warren man faces 19 felony charges after allegedly raping a 9-year-old child between Jan. 1, 2024, and Jan. 23, 2025. Another Warren man faces six felony charges related to the alleged 2022 rape of a child who was 2 years old at the time while third Warren man faces 138 separate counts of sex crimes after he was allegedly in communication with someone he allegedly thought was a 15-year-old girl but was actually an undercover police officer.