El Cajon
A convicted sex offender has been arrested in El Cajon on suspicion of two counts of sodomy and five other sex offenses in the alleged molestation of a 14-year-old boy, El Cajon police said.
Joseph Montgomery Lieggi, 28, had been living in El Cajon for several months and was frequently seen with young boys at two El Cajon parks, Detective Mark Bunday said.
On Tuesday, an El Cajon patrol officer saw Lieggi at a neighborhood bowling alley with several boys. The officer took Lieggi aside, and, as he questioned him, a 14-year-old boy came up and put his arm around Lieggi, police said.
Police then ran a record check and discovered that Lieggi had been convicted in 1985 of committing lewd and lascivious acts with children under 14 in Lakeside, police said. Police said he served a 25-day jail sentence and was placed on probation for three years.
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