Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting 5-Year-Old Girl: San Diego Police

SAN DIEGO, CA — A man was arrested over the weekend in connection with a sexual assault and burglary at a San Diego home, authorities announced Monday.

The assault happened at about 1:45 a.m Thursday at a home in the 2800 block of Wellington Street in the Linda Vista neighborhood, according to the San Diego Police Department. The man entered the home through an open door, attacked a 5-year-old girl who was sleeping and then fled the home.

Days later, around 3:25 a.m. Sunday, the suspect was seen on video surveillance footage returning to the same home and entering the property, Lt. Michael Swanson said.

"He did not gain entry into the main residence, and no one was harmed," Swanson said.

Police circulated photos of the suspect Sunday. Police contacted Alejandro Jose Confesor, 22, around 11:15 p.m. drinking a beer in the 6700 block of Linda Vista Road, Swanson said.

Confesor was arrested on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 with force, sex crime with specific circumstances, assault with intent to commit rape or other sex acts during residential burglary, burglary, and trespassing.

Anyone with information about the case or video surveillance from the area was asked to call the child abuse unit at 619-531-2210 or the department's non-emergency line at 619-531-2000.