AURORA | Aurora police say a 37-year-old Aurora man briefly kidnapped and groped a 14-year-old girl Sunday at an apartment complex near I-225 and East Sixth Avenue, according to court records and media reports.
The suspect, Jhon Noslin Balestrini-Ferrer, was arrested Sunday morning after he allegedly propositioned the girl to “exchange money for sex” and forced her into his apartment, according to an Aurora Police arrest affidavit.
The affidavit from Arapahoe County and state courts redacted the age and sex of the victim. Both 9News and KDVR Fox 31 reports cited Aurora police saying the victim was a 14-year-old girl. Balestrini-Ferrer’s apartment and the location of the alleged assault is on the 500 block of Potomac Street.
The girl described attempting “to get away but was overpowered by” him. Once inside the apartment, the child “was able to push (Balestrini-Ferrer) away and leave,” according to the affidavit.
The girl told police Balestrini-Ferrer groped her buttocks as she was getting away.
Balestrini-Ferrer faces charges of second-degree kidnapping, sexual assault on a child and enticement of a child. He is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond at the Arapahoe County jail and scheduled to appear in court Thursday.
A second suspect is also described as a 6-foot-tall male with light brown hair and a beard. Police did not report whether he, too, faces changes in the case. A third suspect, who witnessed the incident, was detained by police and released.