METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) – A 91-year-old Metairie man was arrested Thursday for reportedly molesting two young girls and forcing one to perform oral sex on him “more times than could count.”
Col. John Fortunato, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman, said the molestation happened between 1995 and 2001.
Joseph Young, 91, of Frankel Avenue, was arrested and booked into the Jefferson Parish Jail on two counts of sexual battery and oral sexual battery.
The victims are both adults now, Fortunato said. One of them reported the abuse to authorities in May.
Both victims knew Young.
Young met with investigators this week and reportedly admitted to the molestation. He told detectives he offered money to one of the girls in exchange for oral sex “more times than he could count.”
Young was still in jail as of Friday afternoon on a $220,000 bond.