Javier Ortiz Pichardo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 18CF2483
Date: September 5, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Law enforcement is seeking potential additional victims of a man who was charged yesterday with multiple counts of sexual assault and lewd acts upon a child.
Defendant: Javier Ortiz Pichardo, 45, Santa Ana
Charged on Sept. 4, 2018 with the following felony counts: Continue reading
Javier Ortiz Pichardo
Santa Ana Police Department
Santa Ana Police Detectives arrested Javier Ortiz Pichardo for child molestation. Pichardo began molesting children in 1999 when he was a cook at the New China restaurant in Santa Ana. The restaurant closed in 2004.
Pichardo’s first victim was only seven-years-old when the child’s family were regular customers at the restaurant. Pichardo molested the victim in the restaurant bathroom. He then befriended the family and gave them free food, which gained the victim’s family’s trust. He was eventually allowed to pick the victim up from school. Pichardo repeatedly abused the victim for seven years. The abuse stopped when the victim was 14-years-old and the victim’s family lost contact with Pichardo. Continue reading