17-YEAR-OLD CITED IN SEX CRIME CASE : BOY MAY HAVE BEEN MOLESTED BY 32-YEAR-OLD.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A 17-year-old boy who was one of two victims allegedly molested mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. by a 32-year-old man was cited Saturday on suspicion of unlawfully having sex with a 12-year-old girl, sheriff's officials said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Deputy Otis Whinery of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. , the two children who lived near each other had been having sex for about a year in an abandoned mobile home parked in the trailer park where they lived. ``It is against the law to have sex with any child under the age of 14,'' Whinery said. ``It doesn't matter if the 12-year-old had consented.'' The 17-year-old Rosamond boy was taken into custody at a friend's home at 7:45 a.m., cited and released to the custody of his parents, sheriff's officials said. Earlier this month, sheriff's deputies arrested Raymond Allen Raymond Allen refers to two separate American actors.
Sheriff's deputies are still investigating whether or not the boys consented to the act, officials said. All three were neighbors who lived at the same mobile-home park. ``It was a half consentual type of thing,'' Whinery said. ``The boy said that the man started and he told him no and then he just continued.'' Authorities said Ebert told deputies that the 17-year-old boy claimed to be 18. Deputies said they were investigating Ebert when they learned about the suspected molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these by the 17-year-old boy. ``The 17-year-old bragged to Ebert that he was having sex with a 12-year-old,'' Whinery said. Deputies said the 17-year-old knew it was wrong to have sex with a 12-year-old. Ebert, arrested Aug. 22, is being held at Lerdo Jail on suspicion of child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. , annoying or molesting a child and other offenses, officials said. Ebert is also being held on a warrant on suspicion of possessing narcotic narcotic, any of a number of substances that have a depressant effect on the nervous system. The chief narcotic drugs are opium, its constituents morphine and codeine, and the morphine derivative heroin. See also drug addiction and drug abuse. paraphernalia and driving under a suspended license, authorities said. |
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