Owner of Los Angeles Daycare Center Accused of Lewd Acts with Children
A 45-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of molesting three children at his Los Angeles County daycare center. The Los Angeles Times reports that the owner of the Cano & Ramos Family Child Care center in Boyle Heights was arrested for alleged incidents that occurred in 2008, 2009, and in February of this year. Officials say a five-year-old girl attended the facility for the first time on February 5 and told her parents that the man touched her inappropriately.
The new allegations prompted police to review prior cases that did not lead to arrests. In 2008, the authorities were unable to file charges because the mother of another five-year-old victim was homeless and difficult to track down. In 2009, there was not enough evidence to arrest the day care owner on other allegations of fondling a child. Now that a third alleged victim has stepped forward, the authorities reopened the old cases and charged the Los Angeles man with three felony counts of committing lewd acts on a child.
