Possible Molestation Victims Sought
Los Angeles police are looking for possible other victims of a 325-pound MTA bus driver arrested last week in Hollywood on suspicion of molesting a 15-year-old boy, police said Tuesday.
Anthony Zaragoza, 48, has been charged with one count each of a lewd act upon a child, attempted forcible oral copulation and false imprisonment by violence, said Officer Hayley Purece.
According to police, the bus driver and the boy had struck up a conversation. The driver allegedly told the boy to stay on the bus after his last stop and that Zaragoza would “set [the boy] straight” on places to go in Hollywood. Zaragoza allegedly molested the boy after parking the bus on Hawthorne Avenue near Highland Avenue, Purece said.
Anyone with information about this or any incident possibly related to the driver is asked to call detectives at (213) 485-4321.
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