Iyanbito man charged with molesting infant girl

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Gallup Independent
By Phil Stake
Staff writer

GALLUP — Police arrested a 47-year-old man Monday after he allegedly molested his 2-month-old daughter while parked outside the Department of Human Services Monday morning.

Samuel King, 47, of Iyanbito, could face a life sentence after police charged him Monday with criminal sexual penetration of a minor under 13, a first-degree felony.

King was parked about 10 a.m. outside the New Mexico Department of Human Services building at 2907 E. Aztec Ave. A witness walked passed his car and saw King in the back seat with one hand on his daughter and the other hand on his exposed penis, according to Gallup Police Detective Sgt. Matt Wright.

Police interviewed King for more than three hours Monday, but did not disclose if any confessions were made.