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Assistant Costa Mesa wrestling coach arrested for sending nasty pictures to a female student

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Costa Mesa, Calif. (May 2, 2019) – Today at approximately 9:10 am, Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) officers responded to Estancia High School regarding the report of a Newport Mesa Unified School District employee suspected of sending inappropriate communication via social media to a female student.

During the preliminary investigation, officers found that Samuel Galvez, 30, Orange, who is a campus security facilitator and assistant wrestling coach, had sent photographs to the female student showing his genitalia. Galvez was arrested and booked at CMPD Jail on harmful matter sent with intent of seduction of a minor. He will be transferred to Orange County Jail, Santa Ana, and his bail has been set at $30,000.

No further details are available at this time. This is an active investigation, and anyone who feels they were a victim or has any information regarding this matter should contact Detective Jake Jacobi, at 714-754-5178.

A homeless man was arrested for sexual battery of a woman in the Cabrillo Park neighborhood

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Suspect Arrested: Shon Michael Sharp (32) Transient

On 4-30-2019, at 9:40 pm, officers responded to an “unknown trouble” call for service in the 1300 Block of North Cabrillo Park where a male subject was following the calling party.

Before the calling party could enter her residence, the male unknown to the female grabbed her vaginal area (over clothing). The victim then ran into her neighbor’s home and sought assistance.

Moments later, SAPD received an additional call for service in the 1300 N. Cabrillo Park reference a male following two other females. Officers responded to the area where they located and contacted the suspect.

The suspect identified as Shon Michael Sharp was taken into custody; the victim positively identified the suspect during an in-field show up. Suspect Sharp was booked into the SAPD Jail Sexual Battery

The SAPD has arrested a man on charges of having sex with a 15-year-old boy

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Santa Ana Police Special Crimes Detectives arrested Michael Komoto, a 59-year-old male, for engaging in sex acts with a minor. Komoto met the victim, a 15-year-old boy, on the Grindr dating app. On Sunday, April 14, 2019, Komoto picked up the victim near his home. Komoto agreed to take the victim shopping in exchange for “making out” with him.

Komoto drove the victim to his business in the 1300 block of East Edinger Avenue in Santa Ana. Komoto engaged in sex acts with the minor victim. After assaulting the victim, Komoto took the victim shopping at South Coast Plaza. While shopping, the victim messaged a friend and said he was scared of the suspect. The victim’s friend picked him up and reported the crime to the Santa Ana Police.

On April 18, 2019, Detectives arrested Komoto at his business. Komoto was arrested and booked for engaging in sex acts with a minor. His bail has been set at $100,000.00.

Santa Ana Police Department Detectives believe there may be additional victims and ask anyone with information to contact Detective Julio Gallardo at 714-245-8378, jgallardo@santa-ana.org or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS. The Santa Ana Police Department would like to remind parents to closely monitor their child’s social media activity for any inappropriate content.

The SAPD is looking for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old victim

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Suspect: Jose Frias (48)

Vehicle Description: White Ford Ranger, License Plate # 25189L1

Last known address: 1100 Block of South Golden West Avenue, Santa Ana.

On 05-4-2016, SAPD Special Victims Detectives arrested Jose Frias for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old victim. Frias was a family friend of the victim, and molested her for over the course of one year. This criminal case was filed by the Orange County District Attorney’s office on 5-5-2016. On 05-10-2016, Frias bailed out of jail and ordered back to court on 5-27-2016 for his arraignment. Suspect Frias never returned to court and the judge issued a $100,000 warrant for his arrest.

Police have not located suspect Frias since bailing out of jail, and remains wanted for the outstanding warrant. According to the victim’s family, Frias has been seen recently driving in the area of McFadden and Raitt. Anyone with information on Frias’s whereabouts is asked to please contact Detective Cpl. Perez at (714) 245-8351.

Costa Mesa Basketball Coach arrested for unlawful sex with minors in four cases from 2009

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Irvine, Calif. – A former basketball coach has been arrested after four victims came forward to report sexual incidents that occurred in 2009, when the victims were between 11 and 14 years of age. Carlos Juarez, 44, was arrested Thursday, April 11, outside his home on the 1300 block of Adams Avenue in Costa Mesa.

Juarez met the victims, who do not know each other, when all were in elementary school. Irvine Police Department Detectives believe that Juarez groomed the victims from a young age, with the incidents beginning years after his first contact with them. Juarez met the girls through his work as a basketball coach for a club team. The Irvine Police Department, Costa Mesa Police Department, Tustin Police Department and OC Sheriff’s Department are involved in the cases related to the four victims. Costa Mesa police arrested Juarez on a $100,000 warrant obtained by the Irvine Police Department. He was subsequently transferred to Orange County Jail.

Investigators believe there are more victims in this case. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective John Sanders at 949-724-7233 or jsanders@cityofirvine.org.

Santa Ana man arrested for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Tustin

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Emiliano Diaz-Cruz, 41, of Santa Ana was arrested on Friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting and kidnapping a 14-year-old girl in Tustin on Thursday morning, according to KTLA.

The victim was walking on Newport Avenue near Irvine Boulevard at around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday morning when a man in a red Toyota pickup truck pulled up next to her and asked her if she needed a ride.

The victim “willingly” got into the man’s vehicle after he agreed to driver her to a nearby store, according to the Tustin police.

However the suspect did not drive the girl to the store. Instead he drove her to a different location where he sexually assaulted her.

The suspect drove his victim to another location in Tustin after he was done sexually assaulting her, and dropped her off.

The victim called the police after the incident. They found the suspect in Tustin. He was arrested without incident.

The suspect was arrested on charges including kidnapping with the intent to rape and kidnapping with the intent to molest a minor.

The Tustin police believe there may be additional victims. Anyone with information was asked to call the Tustin Police Department at 714-573-3246.

The Costa Mesa police are searching for a man who tried to assault a female student at OCC

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A female student exited her car in the parking lot of Orange Coast Community College (OCC), at 2701 Fairview Rd., in Costa Mesa, on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. As she walked to her class, she realized a male was following her.

The male suspect followed her through several areas of the campus and at one point grabbed at her backpack and the bottom of her shirt. Each time she was able to pull away from his grasp. The male suspect stopped following the female when she met up with a friend. The suspect did not say anything to the victim during the incident.

Suspect: Male, unknown race, 20-25 years old, black wavy hair, wearing grey polo shirt, dark colored pants, and black Nike athletic shoes. Two photos are attached.

If you have any information pertaining to this suspect or case please contact Costa Mesa Police Det. Monte Peters at 714-754-5198.

Santa Ana church youth leader arrested for sexually assaulting two minor female victims

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SAPD Detectives Arrest Church Youth Leader For Sexually Assaulting Two Minor Female Victims

Suspect: Jesse Francisco Hernandez Perez (22) Anaheim

Santa Ana Police Special Crimes Detectives arrested Jesse Francisco Hernandez Perez, a 22-year-old resident of Anaheim, for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. Perez is a youth leader for the Iglesia De Restauracion church located at 1621 East 17th Street in Santa Ana. Perez has been a member of the church for the past three years and was involved in the church’s music program.


Jesse Francisco Hernandez

An 11-year-old female victim reported that on March 5, 2019, Perez communicated with her during church services and lured her into a restroom where he sexually assaulted her. The victim did not immediately disclose this incident and continued to attend church services with her family.

Detectives learned that Perez sexually assaulted a second victim, a 14-year-old girl from Anaheim, while leading a youth program from his home. That victim reported the incident to the Anaheim Police Department sometime in March 2019.

Santa Ana Police Detectives worked closely with Anaheim Police Detectives throughout this investigation. Santa Ana Police Detectives arrested Perez this morning at his home in Anaheim. Perez was booked at the Orange County Jail on multiple child abuse charges and his bail has been set at $100,000.00.

Santa Ana Police Department Detectives believe there may be additional victims and ask anyone with information to contact Detective Corporal Johanna Perez at 714-245-8351, jperez5@santa-ana.org or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.

Serial O.C. sex offender heading to prison for 100 years to life

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Carlos Antonio Chavez , a 59-year-old Anaheim man, was sentenced on Friday to 100 years to life in prison for molesting two cousins and the sister of one of the boys in and around a Fullerton church, according to the O.C. Register.

Chavez was convicted on Feb. 19 of three felony counts of lewd acts with a child younger than 14, after being given credit for serving 1,130 days in custody.

The Judge in the case, Gary Paer, noted Chavez’ long history of sex offenses before he announced his sentence.

Chavez’ past convictions:

  • He was convicted of molesting a girl at a McDonald’s restroom in 2001 in Orange County. The victim is 21 years-old now.
  • Chavez attempted to solicit an undercover police officer for sex in a public restroom in 2012.
  • Chavez exposed himself to a “young kid” in Santiago Park in Santa Ana, in 1984.

The Judge felt his sentence would serve to keep Chavez away from children.

Chavez molested a girl and her brother at their Church, Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal. They finally told their father about this in 2014, after they had seen Chavez again at their church.

The molestations occurred between 2004 and 2007. The boy said that Chavez offered him candy and chips one day, at church, when the boy was only five years old. They then went to a nearby liquor store to get the snacks and when they returned Chavez took the boy into the bathroom and sexually assaulted him, according to the prosecutor.

As the boy told his father what happened his sister then said that Chavez had touched her too.

As police detectives conducted their investigation they found out that Chavez had also molested a relative of the boy and girl – their cousin. That victim was at first reluctant to cooperate with the police but the by changed his mind a few years later. He told investigators that Chavez molested him when he was 5 years old, at a bathroom at their church. Chavez was pretending to help the boy to get something off a high shelf when the incident happened.

Four women who operated an escort call center in Santa Ana arrested for human trafficking

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Authorities say they have charged four women with running a prostitution network in California, Nevada and Utah that netted tens of thousands of dollars a month, according to KTLA.

The four women are charged with pimping and pandering and the two alleged ringleaders, Jodi Leigh Hoskins, 43, and Torri Ti Wilkinson, 37, are also charged with conspiracy. The other two women charged, Aisha Kaluhiokalani, 39, and Andrea Smith Tizzano, 30, allegedly ran the call centers, according to the Washington Post.

Investigators said Hoskins is the president of a company called “Companions.” Customers would make contact with girls using their website or by phone at call centers in Santa Ana and Palm Springs, according to KESQ.

The suspects were operating a website that appeared to be a legitimate service but was not, according to the OCDA, Todd Spitzer.

The Companions Escort scheme was discovered a year ago by an undercover police agent who was investigating human trafficking in Southern California.

The suspects were renting office space in two California cities, that they were using as call centers. Their website featured photos of scantily dressed women and promised to meet “ALL your adult entertainment needs.”

Three of the suspects were arrested on Tuesday, in California, and one was arrested in Nevada.

Santa Ana man charged with kidnapping, torturing and raping a woman

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Sebastian Mardoqueo Vicente Alvarez, a 31-year-old Santa Ana man accused of kidnapping, torturing and raping a woman last November pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to felony charges, according to NBC.

Alvarez was charged by the OCDA with rape, sexual penetration by foreign object, torture and kidnapping to commit rape, along with a misdemeanor count of false imprisonment.

The victim was allegedly picked up by Alvarez at Hazard Avenue and Bewley Street at about 3:20 a.m. on Nov. 17 and he then drove her to the 5000 block of 17th Street, where he reportedly raped, gagged and choked her, according to the SAPD.

Police investigators found Alvarez because of a DNA match. The victim later identified him in a lineup as her alleged attacker. His car was also caught in the area on local surveillance video.

Alvarez was located on Saturday by an SAPD police officer who arrested him on a warrant charging him with the vicious attack.

Alvarez will face a pretrial hearing on April 12, at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.

The SAPD arrested a church volunteer believed to have molested several little girls

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SAPD Detectives Arrest Child Molestation Suspect – Believe There May Be Additional Victims

Suspect: Jesus Heras Garcia (55)

On December 4, 2018, Santa Ana Police investigated child molest allegations involving three sisters that claimed they were sexually molested by Jesus Heras Garcia, 55 years-old, when they were between the ages of seven to eleven years-old. The victims, now in their late teens to mid-twenties, met Garcia through their church. Garcia was a volunteer at the Casa de Vida Church in Corona and a close family friend to the victims. All of the victims said the abuse occurred away from the church.

Special Crimes detectives identified two additional victims that reported being abused by Garcia. In 2010, a 16 year-old girl reported the abuse to the Placentia Police Department. The abuse was reported to have occurred at Garcia’s home.

In 2018, a fifth victim, now 21, said she was sexually abused on multiple occasions when she was about 7 years-old at Garcia’s home in Riverside. Garcia was also a close friend to the victim’s family, which he met through the church.

Santa Ana Police detectives interviewed all five victims and through the investigation, were able to obtain additional incriminating evidence. Jesus Garcia moved to Las Vegas in 2012 and detectives obtained a warrant for his arrest.

Santa Ana Police detectives requested assistance from the U.S. Marshals Sex Offender Predator Apprehension Team in Las Vegas who located and arrested Garcia. Garcia was extradited to California and is being held at the Orange County Jail on $2,000,000.00 bail.

Jesus Garcia volunteered at the church and had access to many potential victims. Detectives have credible information that there are additional victims that have not reported the abuse. Police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Nick Vega at 714-245-8368, nvega@santa-ana.org or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.

The SAPD is looking for a wanted sexual assault suspect

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Wanted Suspect: Carlos Olivares (33) Santa Ana

Alias: Olivares, Carlos Marx Leon

Description: Male, Hispanic, 5’6”, 150 lbs., light complexion, short black hair, brown eyes, scar on chin

Last known address: 1600 block of W. Highland Street, Santa Ana

It is believed suspect Carlos Olivares is responsible for three sexual assaults commencing on 09/04/2015, with the most recent occurring on 01/01/2016.

The suspect engages the victims in conversation before sexually assaulting them.

On two occasions, he has identified himself to the victims as “Victor”. The suspect has been positively identified in these incidents. Detectives had information that suspect Olivares may have fled to Mexico, however now it is believed he has returned to the Santa Ana area.

Anyone with information on Olivares’s whereabouts is asked to contact Detective E. Lopez (714) 245-8386.

SAUSD employee arrested for offering drugs to two female minors

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On January 25, 2019, two female minors were contacted in the parking lot of a business by the suspect, Julio Torres, who was driving a white Ford Explorer. He initially asked the victims for directions to where he could go to purchase drugs. Torres then attempted to coerce the victims into his vehicle by providing drugs to them. The victims declined and fled the location.

Prior to leaving the area, they were able to take a photo of the suspects’ vehicle and provided information that led to his arrest. Torres was booked in Orange County Jail.

During the investigation, #GardenGrovePD investigators learned that Torres is employed by the Santa Ana Unified School District. Investigators are asking any additional victims or witnesses to please come forward and contact Inv. Marchand at 714-741-5704.

The SAPD arrested the suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at a bus stop

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Advisory: UPDATE – SAPD Detectives Arrest Suspect Of Violent Sexual Assault

Suspect: Erick Alvarez Hernandez (27) Santa Ana

Santa Ana Police Detectives arrested Erick Alvarez Hernandez, a 27 year-old resident of Santa Ana, for a sexual assault that occurred on Saturday, January 5, 2019 in the 1000 block of West MacArthur. The assault was captured on surveillance video from an OCTA bus. This case received extensive media attention and detectives have followed up on numerous tips from the public, since the night of the attack.

On the night of the assault, Hernandez went to the Buffalo Wild Wings at 3800 south Bristol, just blocks from where the attack occurred. Hernandez was asked to leave the restaurant for his belligerent behavior. Evidence from the restaurant helped lead to Hernandez’ identity.

Detectives conducted hours of surveillance and arrested Hernandez at his workplace in the city of Irvine. Santa Ana Police detectives stopped Hernandez’ vehicle as he left work and took him into custody. Hernandez was charged with multiple sexual assault charges including kidnapping and booked at the Orange County Jail. His bail was set at $1,000,000.00.

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Santa Ana Police Detectives are investigating a sexual assault that occurred in the 1000 block of West MacArthur, on Saturday, January 5, 2019, at about 8:30 p.m. The suspect sexually assaulted a woman in her 50’s, who was waiting at a bus stop. The violent attack occurred on the sidewalk as numerous motorists drove by.

The suspect, described as a Hispanic male, was wearing a Dallas Cowboys #82 jersey. An OCTA bus arrived at the stop, and the suspect fled the area. Video surveillance from the bus captured the suspect running eastbound from the area.

Santa Ana Police Department Detectives are advising the public of this attack as the suspect has not been identified and is not in custody. Detectives are asking for anyone with information to contact Detective Gerry Corona at 714-245-8343, Gcorona@santa-ana.org or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.