Suspected child molester appears in court

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Anthony Escobedo appeared successful tribunal Tuesday and had to perceive from immoderate of his alleged victims arsenic they took the basal successful a preliminary hearing.

Two years ago, Escobedo was arrested for a 3rd time successful transportation to a Fresno County Sheriff's Office probe successful which he's facing 20 charges ranging from annoying oregon molesting a kid to possession of kid pornography to rape.

Victims related to 3 of the counts took the basal successful tribunal Tuesday.

One of the women says Escobedo grabbed her inappropriately erstwhile she was astir 8 years old.

Another said helium touched her inappropriately erstwhile she was conscionable 5.

Both met Escobedo done Jehovah's Witnesses churches successful Kingsburg and Selma.

In 2016, the religion expelled Escobedo arsenic a subordinate aft 5 abstracted reports of his behaviour to police.

Two years ago, Action News recorded detectives seizing manila envelopes arsenic they served a hunt warrant astatine churches successful Kingsburg and Clovis.

Escobedo is besides charged with having kid pornography and is accused of exposing himself astatine a parkland close adjacent to Freedom Elementary School successful Clovis.

He volition instrumentality to tribunal Wednesday greeting erstwhile much victims are expected to stock their stories.

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