Cuban painter Agustin Bejarano is pleading not guilty to Florida charges that he sexually molested a 5-year-old boy.The written plea was entered Thursday on Bejarano's behalf by the Miami-Dade County public defender's office. Bejarano, of Camaguey, is being held without bail on the felony charge of lewd and lascivious molestation of a minor.">Cuban painter Agustin Bejarano is pleading not guilty to Florida charges that he sexually molested a 5-year-old boy.The written plea was entered Thursday on Bejarano's behalf by the Miami-Dade County public defender's office. Bejarano, of Camaguey, is being held without bail on the felony charge of lewd and lascivious molestation of a minor.">

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Cuban artist pleads not guilty in molestation case

  • Submitted by: manso
  • 04 / 02 / 2011

Cuban painter Agustin Bejarano is pleading not guilty to Florida charges that he sexually molested a 5-year-old boy.

The written plea was entered Thursday on Bejarano's behalf by the Miami-Dade County public defender's office. Bejarano, of Camaguey, is being held without bail on the felony charge of lewd and lascivious molestation of a minor.

Police say the 46-year-old Bejarano molested the young son of a Hialeah couple he visited last month. Bejarano came to Miami on March 17 on a one-month visa to attend an art fair featuring Latin American artists.

Bejarano's paintings have been exhibited at Cuba's National Museum of Fine Arts and at galleries in the U.S., Switzerland, Mexico and Canada.

If convicted he faces a potential life prison sentence.

Source: www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110401/APN/1104011552

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