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SUNSET — A Sunset man was charged Thursday with sexually abusing two children at an in-house day care in Sunset.
Kaden Scott Lemmon, 22, is charged in 2nd District Court with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony; sexual abuse of a child, and two counts of obstructing justice, second-degree felonies.
Between March 2021 and January 2023, a mother said she noticed "odd behavior" from two children who attend the in-house day care and they told her they did not want to go to the house anymore, according to the charging documents.
The children were interviewed at a local Children's Justice Center and said Lemmon would remove their clothes in a bathroom and they described instances of sexual abuse, the charges allege.
Lemmon, the children said, had masks of fictional serial killers in his bedroom, like Jason and Mike Myers, according to charges. The man's Instagram account shows a video of a large bookshelf full of similar masks and helmets from other fictional characters.
Lemmon told the children "that they would have to do what he said or he would tell their mom, and if they didn't do what he said, he would stop babysitting them," the charges say.
No registered day care could be immediately located using the information in the charging documents.
Lemmon was not arrested and is not in police custody, court records show. Only a proposed summons has been filed so far. No initial appearance has been scheduled yet in 2nd District Court.
