Man Charged with Sex Assault of Teen in Irvine – MyNewsLA.com

A 25-year-old Baldwin Park man was behind bars Wednesday on charges of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Irvine. Juan Carlos Amaya was charged Oct. 5 with lewd act on a child younger than 14, using a minor for sex acts, possession and control of child pornography and contacting a child with the intent to sexually assault her, all felonies. Amaya, was arrested Oct. 1, and accused of attacking the girl July 15 at a park in Irvine, according to police. The teen said she was contacted by Amaya through Snapchat as he posed as a 17-year-old, police alleged. Police said there were other teens that he contacted through the social media application. He offered to pay them with money or vapes in exchange for sex acts. Amaya used the profile names of “amayaaajr” or “chamgagnealex_8” on Snapchat, police said. Anyone with information helpful to investigators was asked to email mrobinson@cityofirvine.org. Amaya was scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 23 in the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach.
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