BUS DRIVER PLEADS GUILTY TO MOLESTING THREE BOYS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - A Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus driver from Quartz Hill faces more than 29 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to multiple counts 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. involving three victims, prosecutors said. Anthony Zaragoza, 49, was initially charged last June with molesting a 15-year-old North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. boy who rode on Zaragoza's bus in Hollywood. A video camcorder the boy was carrying recorded the assault, officials said. While awaiting trial on the first case, Zaragoza was charged with sexually assaulting two other boys in the 1980s, authorities said. The two other victims, who came forward after reading or hearing media stories, were 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. 20 years ago when Zaragoza was a bus driver for Montebello, prosecutors said. On Monday, Zaragoza pleaded guilty to all three charges in the first case and to nine of the 18 counts of child molestation filed in the second case. He also admitted having a prior felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. conviction for robbery. Zaragoza had been a Little League coach, football coach and Big Brother, prosecutors said. He is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in Los Angeles Superior court and faces 29 years and eight months in prison. |
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