Man Arrested on Charges of Molesting Two Cousins
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A 32-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested on suspicion of molesting his 11-year-old cousin and having unlawful sex with the girl’s 17-year-old sister, who is the mother of his 6-month-old daughter.
Oscar Antonio Aruz had been engaging in sex with the younger girl for the last two years, police said. They said Aruz had been living with the girls, his daughter and other members of his aunt’s family on Hobart Boulevard in the Mid-Cities area. Social service authorities removed all the children at the residence after the arrest.
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