Jun 10, 2008 4:44 am US/Pacific
Custodian Arrested For Fondling Young Girl
EL MONTE, Calif.
Pablo Rios Fregoso of El Monte, a 53-year-old custodian at La Primaria Elementary School, was arrested on suspicion of fondling a third-grader at the school in April.
Fregoso was arrested around 9:30 a.m. Monday morning and is currently being held in lieu of $100,000 bail, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department's Web site.
Fregoso is suspected of fondling a third-grade female student at La Primaria Elementary School, which is located in El Monte at 4220 Gilman Road, El Monte police Detective Ernie Cramer told the Whittier Daily News.
The school's principal, Aileen La Corte, told the newspaper that the girl was approached during a recess period on April 25 and said that she had been touched inappropriately.
"We began to conduct our investigation and it was reported to Child Protective Services and the El Monte Police Department," La Corte told the Daily News. "We immediately took action, as mandated by state law."
Fregoso was first put on paid administrative leave when the investigation began, but after his arrest, he was put on unpaid administrative leave pending the outcome of the case, according to the Whittier Daily News.
Fregoso has worked as the school's custodian for roughly five years and has been employed as a custodian with the district for some 20 years, school officials said.
Fregoso has no known criminal history and no similar allegations have been made against him in the past, school officials told the newspaper.
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