Man found guilty of molesting child at Moberly restaurant
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man who was accused of sexually abusing a child at a Moberly restaurant earlier this year was found guilty by a Randolph County jury on Friday.
Hector Marcos-Perez, 33, was found guilty of second-degree child molestation of a youth who is younger than 12 years old. He will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail.
His address is listed as Moberly in court records, though a prior press release from the Moberly Police Department describes him as a Mexican national and jail records describe him as residing in the country illegally.
Previous reporting indicates the assault occurred Jan. 2 in the bathroom of a restaurant in the 100 block of Wightman Street.
Video footage allegedly showed the victim enter the bathroom of the establishment and Marcos-Perez entering about a minute later, court documents in previous reporting say.
The victim was seen on video running from the bathroom door about 8 minutes later, along with Marcos-Perez, the probable statement says.