Man Pleads Not Guilty To Alleged Sex Assault Of 5-Year-Old

SAN DIEGO, CA — A man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl at a Linda Vista home, then returned to the residence three days later, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that include lewd acts on a child.

Alejandro Jose Confesor, 22, is accused of entering a Wellington Street home at around 1:45 a.m. last Thursday and sexually abusing the child.

San Diego police say that video surveillance captured Confesor returning to the home just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday, but he did not enter the home or harm anyone at that time.

He was arrested Sunday night on Linda Vista Road, less than two miles from the Wellington Street address, which the San Diego Union-Tribune reported is Navy housing.

Confesor faces up to 25 years to life in state prison if convicted, according to Deputy District Attorney Eric Bodnar, who said Confesor has no relationship to the residents of the home.

Confesor was originally held on $1 million bail, but a judge granted the prosecution's request Wednesday to hold him in custody without bail.

Anyone with further information regarding the case or video surveillance from the area during the time of the incidents was asked to call SDPD's Child Abuse Unit at 619-531-2210.

— City News Service