Help Police Find Child Molester

Police in South Jersey are looking for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl he was supposed to be baby-sitting.

NBC 10 News spoke with the mother of the child who was allegedly attacked and agreed not to reveal her name to protect the identity of her daughter.

The Mullica Township woman told NBC 10 News that she trusted Jose Perez, 33, with her children.

Police said Perez sexually assaulted the woman's daughter on two occasions last month. On both occasions, the man was baby-sitting the girl and her two younger siblings while their mother was at work, authorities said.

Investigators said the most recent incident occurred on Aug. 22, but the girl didn't tell her mother about what allegedly happened until last week. She then contacted police, but not before talking to Perez on the phone.

"He denied it. He said it's not true, that he didn't do nothing to them," the mother said.

Police said that a doctor's examination revealed signs that the girl had been sexually assaulted.

Detectives have been circulating wanted posters in the community, but said that Perez -- who also goes by the name of Jose Calvario -- might have fled to Florida, western Pennsylvania or Mexico after he was questioned by the victim's mother.

The girl's mother is hoping that somebody knows where Perez is, and will turn him in very soon.

"Just call the police, please. He's not a good person," she said.

"It's a heinous crime. We want him bad. There's a $100,000 warrant out," said Detective John Thompson, of the Mullica Township Police Department.

"My daughter didn't deserve that. You should hurt me, not my daughter," the girl's mother said.

Police said that Perez may be driving a late 80s Ford Ranger pickup truck, brown in color, possibly with Pennsylvania tags.

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