Arrest after child molestation at Big Fresno Fair, police say

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A 53-year-old antheral was arrested connected Sunday connected suspicion of kid molestation pursuing an incidental that took spot astatine the Big Fresno Fair, according to the Fresno Police Department.

Officers accidental 53-year-old Miguel Angel Guzman-Castro was arrested connected Sunday astatine astir 9:15 p.m. connected suspicion of felony lewd oregon lascivious acts with a kid nether 14. Arrest records amusement the incidental took spot astatine astir 7:10 p.m. while the Big Fresno Fair was operating.

According to the Fresno Police Department, officers were contacted by the victim's household member. Officials confirmed that the incidental took spot astatine the fairgrounds — but could not item wherever successful the fairgrounds it happened.

53-year-old Miguel Angel Guzman Castro (image courtesy of the Fresno County Sheriff's Office)

The suspect, 53-year-old Miguel Angel Guzman-Castro, was not known to the Fresno Police Department earlier the incidental and was not a idiosyncratic astatine the Big Fresno Fair, officers say. Officers adhd that the fishy and the unfortunate did not cognize each other.

In a statement, the Big Fresno Fair wrote that the wellness and information of visitors is simply a apical priority.

The wellness and information of Fair patrons is our fig 1 priority. We are grateful for the beingness of the Fresno Police Department astatine our yearly event.

Records from Fresno County Jail amusement that 53-year-old Miguel Angel Guzman-Castro was booked into the jailhouse connected Sunday astatine astir 11:20 p.m. and released connected enslaved connected Monday astatine 10:35 a.m. According to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, the fishy lives successful Fresno.