Burbank PD News Release: Suspect Charged in Sexual Assault of Minor

Burbank, CA (April 23, 2024) - A suspect has been arrested and charged after sexually assaulting a minor walking home from school.

On Friday, April 19, 2024, at approximately 3:45 p.m. police officers were dispatched to the area of Victory Boulevard and Alameda Avenue in regards to a possible assault. The victim, a 13-year-old female, reported that while she was walking home after school, she was approached by an adult male who made sexually inappropriate comments to her and grabbed her buttocks under her shorts.

The victim provided the suspect's description and his last known direction. Officers were able to locate the suspect a short distance away and placed him under arrest.

The suspect has been identified as 42-year-old Tyrone Del Mar, a transient.

Mr. Del Mar was booked for felony sexual battery on a child. Today, April 23, 2024, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office reviewed the case and filed one felony count of lewd acts on a child under 14 years of age, and one misdemeanor count of child annoying. Mr. Del Mar will be arraigned today and remains in custody on $100,000.00 bond.

This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information related to this case is asked to call the Burbank Police Department Domestic and Family Crimes Unit, at (818) 238-3210.

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Questions regarding this statement should be directed to Sergeant Stephen Turner at (818) 238-3240 or [email protected]