Thread: Chamblee police seek victims of alleged child molester

By Marcus K. Garner
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
4:10 p.m. Thursday, February 2, 2012

Chamblee police are seeking the public’s help finding possible additional victims of a man charged with molesting four youths.

Police said Victor Javier Flores, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, had inappropriate sexual contact with at least four boys.

“On Jan. 5, we received a call from a citizen telling us that a 14-year-old boy stated a man in the neighborhood was molesting and harassing little boys,” Sgt. Ernesto Ford told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Police met with the teen who made the complaint, and learned the boy had been lured inside the home where Flores lives.

“He said this man had touched him on his buttocks and showed him pornography,” Ford said. “And that he had done this with other kids.”

Police interviewed three other youths who accused Flores, 39, of the same behavior.

“He befriended them playing soccer and buying them things,” Ford said. “One kid told us that [Flores] molested him the first time he met him.”

Investigators used the children’s descriptions and the man’s Facebook page to identify him, police said. Flores was arrested on Jan. 5 and charged with four counts of child molestation, three counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes and three counts of forgery.

“He had two fake Social Security cards and a fake permanent resident card in his pocket when he was arrested,” Ford said.

But police think that Flores, who has lived in Chamblee since 2004, may have been involved with more children. “We suspect that he started as soon as he got here,” Ford said.

Ford said police are concerned that undocumented Hispanic families whose children were victims might not report the molestation. “We don’t want them to be afraid of retaliation or of Immigration coming to get them,” he said.

Flores is being held in the DeKalb County jail on $20,000 bond and also is on a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement hold.

Police are asking that anyone with information on other victims call the Chamblee Police Department at 770-986-5005.

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February 3, 2012

Kimathi Lewis

Police are seeking other victims of man accused of molesting 4 boys

Chamblee police said a man lured four boys into his home and molested them. Now that man is in jail and police are searching for other victims.

Police have charged Mr. Victor Javier Flores, a 39-year-old illegal immigrant from Honduras, with four counts of child molestation and three counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes, Chamblee police spokesman Sgt. Ernesto Ford said.

“On Jan. 5, we received a complaint from the family friend of one of the victims telling us that a neighborhood guy had been molesting boys in the neighborhood,” Sgt. Ernesto Ford said.

Investigators interviewed the boy who confirmed that the suspect touched him in inappropriate places and showed him pornographic videos, Sgt. Ford said.

The boy also told investigators about three other boys who, when questioned, accused Mr. Flores of doing the same thing, Sgt. Ford said.

Investigators said Mr. Flores took the boys, 9 to 14 years old, into the bedroom of the apartment he shared with his family or in the living room when the family was away, Sgt. Ford said.

“He befriended them by playing soccer with them, giving them gifts and buying them toys,” Sgt. Ford said.

Investigators used the children’s descriptions and the man’s Facebook page to identify him, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Police arrested Mr. Flores, who lived on Pearl Lane, the same day the complaint was filed. He was also charged with three counts of forgery for two fake Social Security cards and a fake permanent resident card that he had on him, Sgt. Ford said.

Still, police think that Mr. Flores, who has lived in Chamblee since 2004, may have molested more children.
“We suspect that he started as soon as he got here,” Sgt. Ford said.

Police are concerned that undocumented Hispanic families whose children were victims might not report the molestation, Sgt. Ford told the AJC.

“We don’t want them to be afraid of retaliation or of Immigration coming to get them,” he said.
Mr. Flores remained in the DeKalb County jail on $70,000 bond and also on a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement hold, Sgt. Ford said.

Police are asking that anyone with information on other victims call the Chamblee Police Department at (770) 986-5005.

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