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Employee arrested for allegedly molesting 14-year-old girl in store

A teenage girl inside a grocery store was molested by an employee who now faces felony charges,police say.

On Monday at 9:08 a.m., police were contacted by a 14-year-old girl who said that inside a corner store at N. 18th and and Huntingdon streets in North Philly,she was indecently assaulted by a store employee.

The attack was caught by store surveillance cameras, police say.

Eliazar Polanco, 37, of West Kensington,turned himself in to police.

He faces charges of contact with a minor, corruption of minors, and indecent assault.

Metro Philadelphia

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