Detectives are concerned a 65-year-old Star man charged with lewd conduct for having illegal sexual contact with a pre-teenage girl earlier this year may have more victims.
Star Police arrested Jorge Perez July 27. He is being held in the Ada County Jail on a $150,000 bond.
Officers began their investigation July 20 after getting information from a third party about what happened.
Detectives put in a safety plan in place immediately and began their investigation.
They developed evidence Perez, who is known to the child, had illegal sexual contact with her on four different occasions between July 10 and July 15.
Detectives arrested Perez near his home Thursday.
Since then, detectives have developed additional evidence of Perez having illegal sexual contact with three other children over an eight-year period – with some of the illegal contact happening in Star and some in southern California, where Perez lived until moving to Idaho about four years ago.
Additional charges are pending. While all four children were known to Perez, investigators are concerned there could be others they don’t know about.
The crime of lewd conduct is punishable by up to life in prison.
We are asking anyone with information to call (208) 577-3000 or send an email to [email protected]