WILMINGTON, Calif.
A 23-year-old Wilmington man was charged with raping three underage girls at his mother’s wedding store.
Carlos Aguirre Jr. was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of assaulting young girls while they were at Simplemente Beatriz wedding store, 922 N. Avalon Blvd. in Wilmington, Los Angeles police Officer Julianne Sohn said. The business offers dresses and accessories for weddings, proms, quinceaneras, first communions and baptisms and is owned by Aguirre’s mother.
Aguirre allegedly used alcohol and the drug Ecstasy to sedate his victims and then sexually assaulted them. All the girls were minors, Sohn said, but she did not disclose their ages.
Aguirre’s arraignment was continued to Dec. 30, Robison said.
He remains in custody in lieu of $1.5 million bail.
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