Thread: LA: Mandeville man booked with indecent behavior with 12-yea

Mandeville man booked with indecent behavior with 12-year-old girl

Published: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 1:40 PM Updated: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 1:49 PM
Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune
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An illegal immigrant living in Mandeville was arrested after he allegedly kissed and fondled a 12-year-old girl and later tried to lure the girl and her sister into his home, authorities said Tuesday.

On Saturday, Juan Velasques, 51, allegedly approached the 12-year-old girl who was with some friends and began kissing her forehead and running his hand across her breasts, Mandeville Police spokesman Officer Eric Gulino said.

The girl left, but later that day Velasques approached her while she was walking with her older sister, Gulino said. Velasques allegedly asked the girls their age before asking them to come into his apartment to help him fix his computer, he said.

The girls refused and told their mother about the incident, noting that the way Velasques looked at them and the tone of voice he used made them feel uncomfortable, Gulino said.

The girls' mother then called police.

Velasques, of 4000 Florida St., Apt. C2, was booked into the St. Tammany Parish jail in Covington with indecent behavior with a juvenile, simple battery and failure to register as a sex offender. His criminal history includes a conviction in Michigan for second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under the age of 13.

After his arrest, Velasques confessed to being an immigrant from El Salvador who is in the United States illegally, Gulino said. He has been deported once before and the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been notified of his arrest and is looking into the case, he said.

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