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February 9th, 2009, 07:14 PM
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A 46-year-old Mesa man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after allegedly touching a young girl at a Wal-Mart store near Stapley Drive and Baseline Road in Mesa, police said Monday.
Officers said Larry E. Cox was in the woman's wear section of Wal-Mart Friday when witnesses say he brushed the back of his hand across the buttocks of an 8-year-old girl as he walked by, police reports said.
Witnesses reported that they saw him walk around the area and approach the victim a second time. A woman who had seen the first incident then yelled to get the attention of the victim's mother, who was nearby.
The mother started yelling at the suspect, who attempted to run out of the store, police reports said.
Alerted by the mother's shouts, store security officers were able to stop him as he tried to run outside, police reports said.
The suspect admitted to police that he intentionally touched the girl on her buttocks and said the only reason he went back a second time was to see her reaction, police reports said.
Cox also told police that when he saw that the girl didn't have much of a reaction, he felt "less guilty" about what he had done.
Cox has served time in prison in Hawaii after being convicted of two counts of sexual assault in 1999, according to court documents. He did not register as a sex offender upon moving to Arizona.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2009/02/09/20090209abrk-WalMart0209.html?&wired
A convicted child molester from Maui who admitted to fondling some 200 children in Hawaii was arrested last week after he allegedly fondled a girl in an Arizona Wal-Mart.
Hawaii's sex offender database lists Cox as living in Kihei.
In 1999, Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario sentenced Cox to one year in prison and five years of probation for four counts of sexual assault.
Cox pleaded guilty to grabbing the breasts of an 11- year-old girl at Toys R Us in Pearlridge Center and grabbing the buttocks of a 10-year-old girl in the toy department at the Salt Lake Kmart.
While in a sex treatment program, Cox admitted to fondling 200 children.
Prosecutors had asked for an extended sentence of 10 years because of the alleged multiple offenses.
But Del Rosario said he had no legal authority to punish Cox for offenses he admitted to during treatment, but was not convicted of doing. The judge also cited reports from sex therapists that Cox was likely to respond positively to treatment programs.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090208_Child_molester_arrested_in_Arizona.html
A 46-year-old Mesa man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after allegedly touching a young girl at a Wal-Mart store near Stapley Drive and Baseline Road in Mesa, police said Monday.
Officers said Larry E. Cox was in the woman's wear section of Wal-Mart Friday when witnesses say he brushed the back of his hand across the buttocks of an 8-year-old girl as he walked by, police reports said.
Witnesses reported that they saw him walk around the area and approach the victim a second time. A woman who had seen the first incident then yelled to get the attention of the victim's mother, who was nearby.
The mother started yelling at the suspect, who attempted to run out of the store, police reports said.
Alerted by the mother's shouts, store security officers were able to stop him as he tried to run outside, police reports said.
The suspect admitted to police that he intentionally touched the girl on her buttocks and said the only reason he went back a second time was to see her reaction, police reports said.
Cox also told police that when he saw that the girl didn't have much of a reaction, he felt "less guilty" about what he had done.
Cox has served time in prison in Hawaii after being convicted of two counts of sexual assault in 1999, according to court documents. He did not register as a sex offender upon moving to Arizona.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2009/02/09/20090209abrk-WalMart0209.html?&wired
A convicted child molester from Maui who admitted to fondling some 200 children in Hawaii was arrested last week after he allegedly fondled a girl in an Arizona Wal-Mart.
Hawaii's sex offender database lists Cox as living in Kihei.
In 1999, Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario sentenced Cox to one year in prison and five years of probation for four counts of sexual assault.
Cox pleaded guilty to grabbing the breasts of an 11- year-old girl at Toys R Us in Pearlridge Center and grabbing the buttocks of a 10-year-old girl in the toy department at the Salt Lake Kmart.
While in a sex treatment program, Cox admitted to fondling 200 children.
Prosecutors had asked for an extended sentence of 10 years because of the alleged multiple offenses.
But Del Rosario said he had no legal authority to punish Cox for offenses he admitted to during treatment, but was not convicted of doing. The judge also cited reports from sex therapists that Cox was likely to respond positively to treatment programs.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090208_Child_molester_arrested_in_Arizona.html