Hanford Man Arrested on Child Molestation Charges

By KSEE News

October 4, 2012 Updated Oct 4, 2012 at 8:16 PM PDT

A Hanford man has been arrested on child molestation charges.

Joshua West was arrested around midnight Tuesday at the Holiday Lodge hotel. Sheriff investigators say he sexually abused a 4-year-old at the hotel the night before.

When investigators arrived, West was holding a knife to his throat on top of the hotels' roof.

He was eventually booked on a variety charges of molesting a child under 10 years of age.

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