Crime & Safety

Man Accused Of Molesting Girl, 13, On Los Alamitos Creek Trail

The 76-year-old apparently approached the girl five different times while she walked her dog, police said.

Ali Lajmiri (left) is shown alongside a suspect sketch released by San Jose police.
Ali Lajmiri (left) is shown alongside a suspect sketch released by San Jose police. (Images courtesy San Jose Police Department)

SANTA CLARA VALLEY, CA — San Jose police arrested a 76-year-old man this week who is suspected of molesting a 13-year-old girl, police said Thursday.

Ali Lajmiri was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of molesting the girl sometime between August and September. Lajmiri apparently approached her five different times while she walked her dog on the Los Alamitos Creek Trail between Harry Road and Camden Avenue, police said.

The last three times Lajmiri approached her, he allegedly molested her.

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Lajmiri was booked into the county jail on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts on a minor under 14 years old, lewd and lascivious acts on a minor under 14 by use of force, violence, duress, menace or fear, and false imprisonment, according to police.

— Bay City News Service

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