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A Cameron County teenager is behind bars after he allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

Cameron County Sheriff's Department deputies arrested 18-year-old Vicente Fernandez on multiple sexual abuse charges on Tuesday.

The Cameron County teen is accused of three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of continuous sexual abuse of a young child.

According to court records filed in Fernandez's case, the 18-year-old is accused of have sex with a 13-year-old San Benito girl at least three times.

Authorities found out about the case when the girl's mother feared her daughter may have been pregnant.

A test revealed the girl was not pregnant but she told investigators that Fernandez was her "ex-boyfriend".

The two had been romantically involved going back to July 2009.

The girl told deputies she had sex with Fernandez at least three times. Once at his uncle's ranch in Lozano and twice at her home in San Benito.

Fernandez appeared before Cameron County Magistrate Judge Luis Saenz on Tuesday where was given $250,000 dollars in bonds.

The 18-year-old remains in custody at the Cameron County Jail.