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An 81-year-old man was arrested last week after being accused of trying to lure a 12-year-old into his car in the Antelope Valley community of Littlerock, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The suspect, a Pearblossom resident, was taken into custody by sheriff's deputies on felony charges of attempted kidnapping of a child under 14 years old. He was booked and held on $1 million bail for the alleged Los Angeles sex crime.

Our Los Angeles sex crime attorneys understand that the 81-year-old had a history of sex offenses. He was already a registered sex offender in the area. The problem with this is the public perception of these people. Once you've been convicted of such a crime, whether the conviction was justified or not, there will always be a dark cloud looming over you.

Once these types of allegations are made, the public draws conclusions without significant evidence. These types of allegations have the ability to ruin a person's life. For this reason, it is critical for you to contact an experienced sex crime attorney in the wake of these serious allegations.

According to police, the girl was reportedly walking down the road, with her parents a short distance away, when the suspect pulled up next to her and asked if she wanted a ride. Deputy Daryl Bonsall of the Palmdale sheriff's office says that the girl declined and the suspect continued to drive slowly beside her. He sped away when the girl's mother approached to confront the suspect.

The mother reported the man's description to Palmdale sheriff's deputies. Deputies discovered a man who may have fit the description just a short distance away in Pearblossom.

Los Angeles officials took eight more convicted child molesters and registered sex into custody after a Wilmington motel raid. They were apprehended for alleged parole violations, including possession of child pornography or narcotics, reports the Los Angeles Times.

As previously reported on the Los Angeles Sex Crimes Lawyer Blog, most of those who were arrested in the motel bust were middle-aged men whose previous offenses included lewd and lascivious conduct with children or other sex crimes, said Det. Patricia Batts of the Los Angeles Police Department.

The bust went down at Harbor Inn in the 700 block of Flint Avenue. This motel has a reputation for housing offenders because of its history as a state-funded waystation for newly released prisoners, according to Batts said.

Authorities had received reports of children coming in and out the area. No evidence turned up proving those reports.

Officers from the Inglewood, Long Beach, Montebello and Los Angeles police departments, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals, the L.A. County Probation Department and the Department of Children and Family Services took part in the raid.