Crime & Safety
O'Fallon Man Indicted On Child Molestation Charges
Police said the man waited for the girl's mother to leave before going back into the home.
An O’Fallon man was indicted by a St. Charles County grand jury Friday on two counts of attempted child molestation and first-degree burglary.
Pedro Chavez, 24, of the 200 block of Casalon Parkway in O'Fallon, is charged with two counts of attempted child molestation and first-degree burglary.
O’Fallon Police said Chavez tried to molest a 13-year-old girl before he left the house in his neighborhood July 7. He waited until the mother left the home and re-entered the home and approached the girl again, police said.
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He is being held in St. Charles County Corrections in lieu of a $100,000, cash-only bond. A motion for bond reduction was denied Aug. 7.
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