Crime & Safety

Babysitter Molested 2 Girls In Bounce House At Child's Birthday Party

The 28-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday to molesting two girls in a bounce house at a birthday party in Anaheim.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday to molesting two girls at a birthday party in Anaheim in 2018.

Fernando Apaez pleaded guilty to four felony counts of forcible lewd acts on a child, according to court records.

Sentencing was set for Oct. 21.

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According to police, Apaez molested a 6-year-old girl and a 9-year-old girl in a bounce house Oct. 27, 2018, at a boy's birthday party in the 200 block of East Clifton Avenue.

Apaez was also charged with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl he would babysit for from May through August 2018, police said.

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