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Man accused of committing sex acts on two girls under 10

By Robert J. Lopez

A 29-year-old Palmdale man has been arrested on suspicion of committing sex acts on two girls under 10 years old, police said Monday.

Isreal Barajas is accused of committing the acts against the girls in Simi Valley, according to police.

Detectives arrested Barajas on Monday after a month-long investigation, the Simi Valley Police Department said.

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Police said Barajas met the girls through an adult mutual friend.

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Robert J. Lopez

Robert J. Lopez is a former Los Angeles Times investigative journalist. He was part of a team of Times reporters awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for uncovering corruption in Bell, a small city near Los Angeles. He and several Times colleagues were Pulitzer Prize finalists in 2023 for investigations that exposed corruption, criminality and worker exploitation in California’s legal cannabis market. Born and raised in L.A., he is a graduate of the University of Hawaii.

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