Crime & Safety

PVE Man to Stand Trial for Allegedly Molesting Teen Boys

Martin Canter was ordered Friday to stand trial for allegedly groping teen boys in his Palos Verdes homes.

A 62-year-old Palos Verdes Estates man was ordered Friday to stand trial for allegedly groping four teen boys in his Palos Verdes homes, the Daily Breeze reported.

Martin Canter invited the boys to live in his homes, located in Palos Verdes Estates and Rolling Hills, and allegedly misled three of the boys into believing he was a doctor, according to the Breeze report.

The retired social worker was first accused of molesting two teenage boys in November of last year, the Daily Breeze reported.

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Canter was arrested again in December of last year on suspicion of molesting two more men when they were teens, according to a Daily Breeze report.

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