Suspect Arrested in Child Sex Assault

Cerritos (myFOXla.com) - A 20-year-old man was in custody today on suspicion of luring a 15-year-old boy to Cerritos by promising him a job, then binding him with duct tape and sexually assaulting him, sheriff's officials said.

The man admits assaulting five other victims, and detectives are seeking the public's help to identify them.

Lamar Andre Evans Jr. was behind bars this morning at the Men's Central Jail on Bauchet Street in Los Angeles, said Deputy Jeff Gordon of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau in Monterey Park.

He has an appearance scheduled at 8:30 a.m. today at the Bellflower Courthouse, 10025 E. Flower Ave., according to jail records.

Evans met the 15-year-old Oct. 13 in the 1100 block of South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, befriended him, asked if he needed a job and exchanged phone numbers with him, said Lt. Art Lucas of the sheriff's Special Victims Bureau.

When the boy called Evans about work, Evans told him about a warehouse opportunity in Cerritos and they arranged to meet there on Oct. 16, Lucas said.

Evans took the boy to an area near a warehouse in the 1600 block of Shoemaker Avenue in Cerritos, had him perform some physical tasks, then bound him with duct tape and sexually assaulted him, Lucas said, adding that the boy managed to get free and fought Evans off.

Investigators arrested Evans on Friday in Norwalk, initially on a parole violation, and then on suspicion of sodomy and false imprisonment, Lucas said.

In a follow-up interview, Evans admitted assaulting five other victims, whose names and ages were unknown, Lucas said. Evans has lived in Lakewood, Los Angeles and possibly Long Beach.

Lucas urged anyone with information about Evans to call a Special Victims Bureau tip line at (866) 247-5877.