Letter to Santa Exposes Child Molestation

(Pharr, Texas) A 55-year-old man, Andres Enrique Cantu, was arrested last Friday for allegedly molesting two young girls who are his relatives. The family relationship is being withheld.

Authorities were alerted to the situation after one young girl wrote Santa a letter as part of a class project.

The 9-year-old girl wrote the letter and turned it in at Cesar Chavez Elementary School.

A counselor at the school "reported that the student had turned in a wish list to Santa wishing for her (relative) to stop touching her and her sister," according to a probable cause complaint.

Pharr police investigators believe Andres Enrique Cantu molested the girl throughout a four-year period, according to the complaint.

Cantu is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a young child, a new offense among a series enacted to the penal code last year and known as Jessica's Law.

Cantu was booked into custody with bond set at $100,000.