DJ Molested 12-Year-Old Boy In OC Mall Parking Lot, DA Says

IRVINE, CA — A 37-year-old DJ at a virtual reality store at the Irvine Spectrum has been charged with molesting a 12-year-old boy he met at the business, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Haifeng Cai was charged Friday with three counts of lewd acts on a minor younger than 14, according to court records. Cai did not enter a plea at his arraignment in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana and was scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 16 in the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach.

Cai, who was being held on $1 million bail, could face up to 12 years in prison if convicted at trial.

The defendant, known as DJ Novus, was accused of molesting the boy in June and on Dec. 14, according to court records and prosecutors.

A Spectrum shopping center security guard called police on Dec. 14 when he saw the defendant and the victim in the backseat of a car with fogged- up windows, prosecutors said.

"The sexual abuse of an innocent child is something that should outrage our entire community and we will continue to do everything we can to protect children from the monsters who seek to prey on them," Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said. "This is an incredibly vulnerable victim who sought belonging and instead of a trusted mentor, he found himself in the arms of a parents' worst nightmare."

Anyone with information about the case was urged to contact Irvine Police Detective David Misko, 949-724-7168 or email dmisko@cityofirvine.org.