CARNIVAL WORKER MOLESTS 8 AND 5 YEAR OLD GIRLS

If you've ever seen the movie "Joe Dirt", you'll remember the scene where he works at a carnival, picking up chicks, "trying" to act sexy, but comes off as gross and plain-old sleazy. Is Joe Dirt this guy's hero?

Don't KISS and TELL!

CROWN POINT, Ind. -- A carnival worker convicted of kissing a girl and licking the face of another on a fair ride has been sentenced to six years in prison.


Police said Judex Colon III, 25, of Chicago was operating the Ghost Pirates ride at the Lake County Fairgrounds on Aug. 3, 2007, when he stopped the ride and accosted the girls, ages 8 and 5.


The younger girl said Colon kissed her on the lips. The older girl said he held her hands down against the safety rail and licked her face. Lake County police said Colon admitted he kissed the girls because they seemed scared while on the ride. (Source)

Afterward, the girls reported he said, "shhh," and ran his hand perpendicular to his neck.

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Relatives of the girls told police they saw Colon put out a cigarette and walk into the first section of the ride, look back at them and smile. The girls emerged three or four minutes later.

The owner of All Star Amusement, Richard Wyatt, told police investigators the operator would only enter the ride if a cart got stuck. Freeing a cart would take a maximum of three seconds, and the entire ride lasts about 1 minute 10 seconds.

In a statement to police, Colon said he "accidentally" kissed the two girls while they were on the ride and later said he "just kissed them out of habit." Colon said he sometimes goes inside the ride if children seem scared and assures them that everything is OK. "He added that they probably pushed their cheeks up against his lips and that it may have felt like a kiss to them," Colon is quoted as telling police.

(Second Source)