HALL COUNTY, Ga. — A Flowery Branch man was arrested Thursday, August 10, on warrants in a child molestation case.
Deputies with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office arrested Omar Resendiz-Lira, 35, in the 4600 block of Hog Mountain Road.
According to the initial investigation, Resendiz-Lira molested a boy under the age of 16 in the presence of a girl, also under the age of 16 at his home on Oakfern Court in late July.
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The victims told a family member, who then reported the incident to the sheriff’s office on the evening of July 30.
Deputies took Resendiz-Lira to the Hall County Jail where he remained without bond as of Monday morning.
He is charged with a felony count of child molestation and a misdemeanor count of third-degree cruelty to children.
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