Crime & Safety
Man Who Molested Girl In LBI Was Found In Virginia: Police
Lester Garcia was charged with aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree crime, police said.
SHIP BOTTOM, NJ — A man charged with sexually assaulting a girl in Ship Bottom was found Saturday in Virginia, police said. Lester Antonio Matamoros Garcia sexually assaulted a girl in his family, according to Ship Bottom police.
Garcia was charged with aggravated sexual assault — a first-degree crime in New Jersey which involves penetration. A woman told police Sept. 2 that a family member sexually assaulted her daughter, authorities said.
Garcia, 32, fled the area. Police later learned he was around Springfield, Virginia. Authorities took Garcia into custody. Garcia told them he fled New Jersey because he knew police were looking for him.
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He is awaiting extradition.
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