Post by WaTcHeR on Sept 7, 2006 12:08:30 GMT -5
09.07.2006 - RIVERSIDE, Calif. A Covina teenager, 16, testified Wednesday that her uncle, a former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy, molested her for years, beginning when she was 5 years old.
The 16-year-old witness said her uncle, Jorge Delacruz, 33, of Eastvale, started molesting her at the age of 5 when she spent the night at her grandmother's house in La Puente.
The Marine Corps reservist was accused of sexually abusing five girls who were either his nieces or cousins.
He faces more than 90 years to life in prison if convicted of two counts of committing lewd acts with a child under 14 years of age, three counts of rape and one count each of committing a lewd act with force, aggravated sexual assault on a minor, unlawful intercourse with a minor and depiction of the sexual conduct of a child in a videotape.
The teenaged girl said she was sleeping on the floor with her sisters when Delacruz told her to climb into bed and he began molesting her until she started to cry. She wanted to return to be with her sisters on the floor, but Delacruz refused to allow her to leave the bed, she testified.
On other occasions at her grandmother's house, she awoke to find that her underwear had been removed and Delacruz was sleeping in the same room, the teen said. She could not provide specifics of the subsequent alleged molestations.
Riverside County sheriff's investigators served a search warrant on Delacruz's house and seized a computer containing about 2,000 images of children engaging in sex acts, authorities said.
Delacruz was a sheriff's deputy until his arrest in January 2004.
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The 16-year-old witness said her uncle, Jorge Delacruz, 33, of Eastvale, started molesting her at the age of 5 when she spent the night at her grandmother's house in La Puente.
The Marine Corps reservist was accused of sexually abusing five girls who were either his nieces or cousins.
He faces more than 90 years to life in prison if convicted of two counts of committing lewd acts with a child under 14 years of age, three counts of rape and one count each of committing a lewd act with force, aggravated sexual assault on a minor, unlawful intercourse with a minor and depiction of the sexual conduct of a child in a videotape.
The teenaged girl said she was sleeping on the floor with her sisters when Delacruz told her to climb into bed and he began molesting her until she started to cry. She wanted to return to be with her sisters on the floor, but Delacruz refused to allow her to leave the bed, she testified.
On other occasions at her grandmother's house, she awoke to find that her underwear had been removed and Delacruz was sleeping in the same room, the teen said. She could not provide specifics of the subsequent alleged molestations.
Riverside County sheriff's investigators served a search warrant on Delacruz's house and seized a computer containing about 2,000 images of children engaging in sex acts, authorities said.
Delacruz was a sheriff's deputy until his arrest in January 2004.
cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_249170001.html