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Man Faces 3 Years For Lewd Acts At Knott’s Berry Farm

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SANTA ANA (AP) — A Southern California man is facing a more than three-year prison sentence for rubbing up against girls at a water park.

Orange County prosecutor Mark Birney says 32-year-old Omar Martinez was convicted Monday of lewd acts upon a teenage girl and attempted lewd acts on other girls in August 2009 at Knott’s Berry Farm’s Soak City in Buena Park.

The Downey man will be sentenced June 17.

Birney tells the Orange County Register that parents of two girls pulled their daughters from the Tidal Wave pool after they became concerned about Martinez’s activities.

A 15-year-old girl says Martinez rubbed against her as the waves pushed them back and forth.

Defense lawyer David Cohn argued during the weeklong trial that any touching was accidental and caused by the action of the waves.

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  • Lady C.

    How hard up are these men, that they do this to young girls? Such a pevert hope he gets his rubbing in jail see how he likes it.

    • Everyday Guy

      I agree. I hope his bunk mate sets him up in a dress and shoes.

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  • Prison Warden

    Nice…blame it on the waves. Hopefully someone in prison will rub all up against him.

  • ILLEGALS

    Motion of the Ocean.

  • Cut Welfare & Medi-Cal

    it’s a Tidal Wave, not a Tsunami, maybe he wish it was a Tsunami.

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