SPRINGDALE, Ohio (Scripps News Cincinnati) — An Ohio man was arrested after inappropriately touching and kissing a 12-year-old girl at a Dave and Busters, police said.
Police were called to the restaurant arcade on Saturday for the report of inappropriate behavior.
Francisco Leal-Carranza pictured at center. (WCPO)
Investigators said that several Dave and Busters staff members reported seeing the two kiss and that they told officers they noticed that the 12-year-old was standing with a man in a “sexual way.”
According to court documents, a 12-year-old girl was playing a motorcycle game with her 9-year-old brother and 32-year-old Francisco Leal-Carranza was standing next to them.
When an officer started talking to the girl, Leal-Carranza began walking away. When police detained him, he told them the girl was the one who kissed him, court documents show.
According to an affidavit, a bartender told police he watched Leal-Carranza put his hand underneath the front of the girl’s shirt.
Leal-Carranza appeared before a judge Monday morning.
He is being held on a $200,000 bond.
This story was originally published Oct. 10, 2022 by WCPO in Cincinnati, an E.W. Scripps Company.
