Valerie Schremp Hahn, St. Louis Post-Dispatch –
O’FALLON, MO • A man from O’Fallon, Mo., faces felony charges after police said he attempted to molest a thirteen-year-old girl, left her apartment, and then reentered the apartment and tried to molest her again.
Pedro L. Chavez, 24, of the 200 block of Casalon Drive, was charged today in St. Charles County Circuit Court with first-degree burglary and two counts of attempted child molestation.
Court documents say that on Tuesday at about 11 p.m., Chavez was at the victim’s apartment, drinking alcohol with a friend. He then tried to put his hands under the victim’s shorts and kiss her on the mouth, but she was able to push him away. The victim’s mother asked him to leave, and he did. Chavez knew the victim’s mother and sister would be leaving soon, leaving the victim home alone, court documents say.
Shortly afterwards, Chavez returned through a sliding glass door, found the victim sitting at the kitchen table, and attempted to molest her again, police say. The victim was able to force him out the front door and locked herself in a bathroom until police arrived.
Chavez is being held in the St. Charles County Jail on a $100,000 cash-only bail.
