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Moorpark Man Accused Of Molesting Family Member Over 10-Year Period

SIMI VALLEY (CBS) — A Ventura County man is jail Wednesday after being accused of molesting a family member over a ten year period.

Jesse Romo, 44, was arrested in the 500 block of Los Angeles Avenue in Moorpark Tuesday morning by Simi Valley police on several child sex abuse charges.

"The victim, now an adult, disclosed to SVPD investigators that between the ages of seven and seventeen she was molested on a regular basis by Mr. Romo, a family member," Simi Valley police said in a statement.

The victim alleges the crimes first took place in Simi Valley and then continued when her family moved to Moreno Valley and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Romo was booked at the East Valley jail for for multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault, oral copulation and continuous sexual abuse of a child, police said.

 

 

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