Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Breaking News - Police Arrest Alleged Child Molester

Pasadena Police say they arrested a man who kidnapped a little girl for the purposes of rape at about 12 Noon today. Police say the little girl is under 9 years old.

Her mother was close by when Lt. Keith Jones says 39 year old Byron Herrera, a Hispanic man from Pasadena, pulled the girl into a doorway in the 2000 block of N. Fair Oaks Avenue. The mother heard her daughter scream and saw Herrera with both hands on the little girl, before he took her into a room.

The mother ran towards Herrera, and two men joined her. The men chased Herrera who ran southboud on Fair Oaks Avenue, and crossed over into the 1800 Block of North Raymond Avenue. One man cornered Herrera in a yard, while the other man ran back to the original scene.

When police pulled up to the location, the man took the officer to Herrera's location where police arrested the suspect. Investigators say a pornographic DVD was playing on the television in the suspect's room at the time of the kidnapping. Police arrested Herrera on charges of kidnapping for the purposes of sexual child abuse.

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