Man accused of molesting girl on Orange County City Bus (Photo: Orange County Sheriff's Dept.) |
LAGUNA BEACH -- Orange County deputies say they have arrested a parolee on suspicion of molesting a girl on a Laguna Beach bus.
48-year-old James Norkin was detained by his parole officer Wednesday after the agent saw news reports showing surveillance of the suspected molester.
Norkin is a registered sex offender and had served jail time for indecent exposure.
The latest incident happened on at 3 p.m. on Sunday when three girls boarded the bus in Laguna Beach, according to Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
The girls, described as 15 years old and younger, took a seat in the back row of the bus.
A man, believed to be Norkin, sat down next to the girls.
He began to touch one of the girls in a sexual manner, Amormino said.
The girl, who says she was frozen and terrified, didn't do anything at first.
The girl's friend noticed what the man was doing and told him to stop, but he continued, Amormino said.
The man got out of the bus when it reached the Laguna Hills Shopping Center.
One of the girls managed to take a cell phone picture of him.
48-year-old James Norkin was detained by his parole officer Wednesday after the agent saw news reports showing surveillance of the suspected molester.
Norkin is a registered sex offender and had served jail time for indecent exposure.
The latest incident happened on at 3 p.m. on Sunday when three girls boarded the bus in Laguna Beach, according to Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
The girls, described as 15 years old and younger, took a seat in the back row of the bus.
A man, believed to be Norkin, sat down next to the girls.
He began to touch one of the girls in a sexual manner, Amormino said.
The girl, who says she was frozen and terrified, didn't do anything at first.
The girl's friend noticed what the man was doing and told him to stop, but he continued, Amormino said.
The man got out of the bus when it reached the Laguna Hills Shopping Center.
One of the girls managed to take a cell phone picture of him.
