A man and woman accused of molesting the man’s 18-month- old son in Desert Hot Springs and filming their actions re-entered not guilty pleas Tuesday and were ordered to return to court on March 5 for a trial- readiness conference. Michael James Flaherty, 34, of Desert Hot Springs, and Cynthia Fuentes, 24, of Coachella, were […]
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A 73-year-old Riverside daycare operator accused of molesting three children under his supervision over several years may be responsible for additional assaults, and authorities Tuesday asked for anyone with information to come forward. David Diaz was arrested and charged last week with 11 counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a minor. Diaz made his […]
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Police have arrested six men accused of trying to solicit an underage girl for sexual purposes. Woodstock Police conducted a three-day online operation targeting online predators. During the operation, five of the suspects were arrested when they arrived at a location where they thought they were meeting a 16 year-old girl. A sixth man was […]
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A former Wildomar youth pastor accused of molesting a girl nearly 30 years ago pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges. Laverne Paul Fox, 61, was arrested in Erie, Pennsylvania, in June and extradited back to Riverside County. Fox is charged with lewd acts on a child, oral copulation of a minor and forced sexual […]
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A 54-year-old Anaheim man was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison Friday for sexually assaulting two female relatives, one 6 and the other 8. Gonzalo Santos Gonzalez was convicted Oct. 24 of two counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child 10 years or younger, a count of lewd acts on […]
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A 50-year-old Riverside man who sexually assaulted a young girl at a home-based daycare facility was convicted Monday of multiple counts of child molestation. A Murrieta jury deliberated less than two days before finding Hubert David Edgin guilty of two counts each of lewd acts on a minor and oral copulation of a child under […]
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A San Jacinto youth soccer coach who molested a preteen girl was sentenced Friday to three years in state prison and ordered to register as a convicted sex offender. Eric Daniel Rath, 54, pleaded guilty last month to lewd acts on a child under 14 years old under a plea agreement with the Riverside County […]
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A registered sex offender who broke into a neighbor’s home in Oak Park, where he raped and sodomized a 3-year-old girl, was sentenced Monday to 85 years in state prison. Francisco Diaz, 47, pleaded guilty last month to four counts of forcible lewd acts on a child, and admitted serious prior felony convictions, according to […]
