Man Charged In Connection To Molesting Lake Forest Girl in 2016

Lake Forest CA

07 April, 2022

8:19 PM

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SANTA ANA, CA — A registered sex offender was charged Tuesday in connection to the 2016 molestation of a girl in Lake Forest, authorities announced Thursday. Alehandro Deleon Deleon, 44, was charged with five counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said. Deleon is currently held without bail at the Theo Lacy Facility, according to the department's inmate records. According to court records, Deleon was released from jail seven years ago in 2015 after pleading guilty to the 2012 molestation of a girl in Anaheim. He served three years for the offense. Sheriff's officials said Deleon would go on to assault a different girl several times throughout 2016. Deleon knew the girl, but the two were unrelated, officials said. The girl did not come forward to authorities about the molestation until this past March, the sheriff's department said. City News Service contributed to this report.