Crime & Safety
FV Businessman Charged with Molestation
The 75-year-old furniture store owner is accused of lewd acts on a young female relative. He's being held on $500,000 bail.
A 75-year-old has been charged with molesting a young female relative in his Fountain Valley furniture store.
Jaime Gonzalez, 75, La Verne, is charged with one felony count of lewd acts on a child. Such an offense carries a maximum sentence of eight years.
The Orange County DA's office says that on Nov. 4, several of Gonzalez’s family members, including a girl under 14 years old, were visiting the shop. Gonzalez is accused of leading the girl out of view of her family to a secluded area of the shop and molesting her. The girl immediately told her family about the alleged incident, and the family told the Fountain Valley police.
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Gonzalez is being held on $500,000 bail and is scheduled for arraignment today at West Justice Center in Westminster.
He is believed to have lived in Corpus Christie, Texas, and Covina and La Verne.
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Anyone with additional information or who believes they have been a victim is encouraged to contact the police at (714) 593-4480 or Supervising District Attorney Investigator Lou Gutierrez at (714) 347-8794.
