Gaithersburg Man Hired By Mom To Work In Home Assaults Child: Police

A Gaithersburg man hired to do work on a woman's house sexually assaulted her 6-year-old daughter, police said Wednesday.

Jose Campos-Gonzalez, who lives in the 500 block of West Diamond Avenue, was arrested Monday and charged with committing a third-degree sex offense, Montgomery County Police said.

Campos-Gonzalez and a friend were hired last week as temporary laborers outside of the 7-Eleven at 405 North Frederick Avenue, police said. The two men regularly take temp jobs as laborers, police said, though they did not specify exactly what work was being done.

They went to the woman's house, where her 6-year-old daughter was in an upstairs room, police said. After the men finished the job and left, the woman's daughter told her about the assault, police said.

Police identified Campos-Gonzalez as the suspect after investigating the 7-Eleven and eventually tracked him down at his nearby home, police said. The daughter identified him, police said, and he was arrested.

He is being held on $500 bond.

Police detectives believe there could be other victims and ask that, "anyone who believes that they may have encountered Campos-Gonzalez is asked to contact the Special Victims Investigations Division at 240-773-5400."

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