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A person with a prolonged legal historical past who was beforehand on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) maintain is on the run after being accused of groping a 7-year-old Texas lady as she walked house from college.
Carlos Jose Ayala Morales, 43, has been charged with felony tried indecency with a toddler, the Houston Police Division stated. He’s accused of grabbing the lady Jan. 27 whereas she was on her means house from her elementary college, Fox Houston reported.
The lady and her mom informed the information outlet she was strolling behind her older sister and a pal. They stated the person ran up, groped her and ran away. The lady did not scream as a result of she was in shock and informed her older sister once they acquired house.
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Carlos Jose Ayala Morales, 43, is accused of groping a younger Houston lady. (Houston Police Division)
“A person got here behind me, and he touched my non-public components,” the lady informed the station.
“I hope he is caught and put away for much longer, so he cannot harm different kids,” her mom stated.
Morales has a prolonged legal historical past. In 2017, he was charged with 4 counts of indecency with a toddler and evading arrest.
On the time, police believed Morales, who they known as Ayala, was linked to “at the least 10 sexual assault incidents within the northeast Houston and Harris County areas.”
Authorities have been investigating a string of “sexual assaults of school-aged juvenile females, 7-15 years of age, as they traveled to and from college,” in accordance with the information outlet.
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Carlos Jose Ayala Morales, 43, was captured on surveillance video earlier than groping a younger Texas lady, police stated. (Houston Police Division )
“Ayala would come up behind the victims and inappropriately contact them via their clothes,” a police information launch states.
In a single incident, Ayala tried to abduct one of many victims, a 7 year-old feminine, as she walked house from college along with her 9-year-old brother,” police stated.
“Studying that made me so scared, as a result of that might have been [my child],” the sufferer’s mom stated.
When he was arrested in 2017, ICE filed a detainer request for Morales, a Honduran citizen, which was lifted when he was convicted.
The Texas Division of Prison Justice informed FOX 26 Ayala was transferred to jail to serve concurrent seven-year sentences for indecency with a toddler by publicity, three counts of indecency with a toddler, evading arrest, detention with a automobile and housebreaking.
Carlos Jose Ayala Morales was seen following a younger lady he grabbed, police stated. (Houston Police Division)
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In February 2024, he was launched into ICE custody.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to ICE.
