Ex-Health Inspector Convicted On Sexual Battery Charge
POMONA (CBS) — A former inspector with the Los Angeles County Department of Health was convicted Wednesday of a misdemeanor sexual battery count.
Magdy Naiem Tawadros, 51, of Ontario, faces up to six months in jail when he is sentenced Feb. 3.
Tawadros targeted the woman March 24, 2009, while conducting what was supposed to be a routine inspection of a donut shop she owns in Pomona.
The woman went to police five days later, Pomona police Sgt. Horace Blehr said.
Videotape showed the man hugging the woman inside the store.
Tawadros was fired by the Los Angeles County Department of Health on April 14, 2009, according to the agency.
An earlier trial ended in a mistrial when jurors deadlocked.
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