NEW YORK (NY)
Newsweek
February 6, 2019
By Kashmira Gander
The former employee of a shelter for immigrant children groped a boy at the facility and tried to ply others with candy for sexual favors, according to police.
Edgar Alexander Campos, 23, is said to have put his hand down a 16-year-old’s shorts on August 2018 and touched his genitals at the St. Michael’s Home for Children, in Houston, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported, citing an affidavit. The boy had asked Campos if he could use his cell phone to call his family in Guatemala before the incident, according to court documents seen by Click2Houston.
That night, Campos is said to have entered the boy’s bedroom at the Catholic facility at 2900 Louisiana Street, and touched his genitals again while the child was asleep. Surveillance camera footage revealed the worker had entered the boy’s room after hours on at least four occasions.
Campos was arrested on February 1, and booked into Harris County Jail over charges of indecency with a child involving sexual contact, sheriff office records show. His bond was set at $30,000.
The 23-year-old was in charge of supervising around 32 kids at the organization.
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