Police say Redding chiropractor admitted molestations

A 44-year-old Redding chiropractor who pleaded not guilty Monday in Shasta County Superior Court to molesting a 10-year-old girl admitted to a Redding police investigator that he did molest her and that he knew his actions were wrong, a police report reveals.

Edward Scott Roberts, who was arrested on Dec. 24 at his Hartnell Avenue business and remains in custody in Shasta County jail in lieu of $200,000 bail, is charged with one felony count of continuous sexual assault on a minor.

The police report, which was obtained on Wednesday, shows that Roberts was interviewed by an investigator on Dec. 23.

He confessed to sexually molesting the girl on four different occasions during the past five years, most recently in October, he told the investigator.

"He described an overwhelming feeling would come over him each time the molestations occurred and that even though he knew it was wrong he could not control his behavior," the police report said. Roberts said that he had not planned any of the molestations, according to the report.

Roberts told the investigator that he had been seeing a therapist because he was troubled about his actions, the report said.

Redding police have said that investigators received information on Dec. 23 about the possible molestation and subsequently interviewed Roberts, his alleged victim and others.

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