Alleged Palisades Mall molester Elio Pintado remains held without bail at a Union County, New Jersey jail. The 36-year-old Summit man was charged Friday with sexually abusing a seven-year-old Rockland girl in a mall bathroom on New Year’s Day. Police say they were led to Pintado by two women who recognized his face from surveillance photos taken outside the bathroom and made public. Pintado was already IN jail when he was charged — there for allegedly accosting another young girl not long after the Palisades Mall incident. He was out on parole at the time of the alleged attack, after serving three years on a kidnapping conviction. Pintado faces extradition to Rockland on the mall charges, which could mean a seven-year jail term if he’s found guilty.
As reported by WRCR.
