PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A 48-year-old Pinellas Park man is facing multiple child molestation charges, including pulling out his private parts while sitting next to a 9-year-old girl, Pinellas Park police said.
Mark James Hery is being held on $30,000 bail on two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation and one count each of lewd and lascivious exhibition and sexual battery on a child under 12 years of age.
According to affidavits, in March 2015, Hery was sitting on a couch next to the victim while other children were playing video games. Detectives said he admitted to exposing his private parts to the girl.
The victim was able to draw a picture of Hery's private parts.
Detectives also said he admitted to molesting the girl in 2012 while watching her for her parents and in 2015 during a Halloween party. They said he also admitted to touching on her private parts in 2014.
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