The victim told police on Sept. 10 that Shelton flirted with her during work shifts and scheduled his schedule to align with when he was managing the store. She said they had sexually charged late-night conversations.

The victim told police that Shelton pushed her one day while she was cleaning coffee pots in a back room of the grocery store. She said Shelton also touched her inappropriately in his office and in her car.

The sexual assaults stopped when Shelton’s significant other found out about the relationship in 2021 and began texting the victim. The victim said she left her job at this point and did not hear from Shelton until August 20 of this year, two days before his arrest. In text messages reviewed by police, Shelton apologized and said he missed their friendship.

Police said Shelton admitted to the three attacks.

They arrested Shelton on August 22 after receiving word that he had exchanged explicit messages with another teenage cashier.

The previous victim told police that Shelton, her supervisor since she started working at Market at age 14 in 2022, sexually assaulted her in his office on the store’s second floor.