Man sentenced for sexual attacks on teens in Torrance and Lawndale
A 22-year-old Hawthorne man pleaded no contest on Thursday to sexual batteries on young girls he accosted in Torrance and Lawndale. Enoc Garcia was then sentenced to two years in state prison by Torrance Superior Court Judge Laura Ellison.
Garcia was scheduled for a preliminary hearing when he accepted a deal from prosecutors.
He pleaded no contest to a felony sexual battery and two counts of misdemeanor child molestation. The most serious incident occurred on June 10 in downtown Torrance. Garcia approached a high school-aged girl with his penis exposed, according to Deputy District Attorney Beatriz Dieringer.
Garcia grabbed her hand and forced her to put it on his groin, Dieringer said.
Some of the attacks involved his grabbing the girls, while he only exposed himself to the others, Dieringer said. There were seven victims between May 23 and June 10. He was arrested two days after the last attack.
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