Transient accused of molesting girl, 7
Police arrested a transient on suspicion of molesting a 7-year-old girl at a Chabad synagogue as the congregation gathered for a holiday service, authorities said Friday.
Officers were called to the temple in the 14900 block of Ventura Boulevard on Thursday evening after being contacted by the girl’s mother.
Eyal Magid, 28, whom police described as a transient known to some members of the congregation, was arrested about 6:30 p.m. as he left the service for the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. Magid was booked at the Van Nuys jail on suspicion of felony kidnapping and was being held in lieu of $600,000 bail.
According to sources familiar with the case, the girl was with other children in an upstairs area of the temple when she was lured away.
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