News From Around The County
PALM DESERT — Authorities arrested a 35-year-old Cathedral City man Thursday, Mar. 22, after he allegedly molested a Palm Desert youth. One of the man’s charges indicated the young victim is or was a foster child at the time of the reported molestation. After an investigation, officials arrested Ismael Gaspar and he was later booked into Indio Jail on suspicion of lewd […]
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MENIFEE — A man accused of molesting at least one child younger than 10-years-old was arrested yesterday afternoon at his Menifee home on Via Valeroso, a small cu-de-sac that only features ten homes, northeast of Bradley and Newport Roads. He was later booked into jail on several felony charges related to the incidents, which occurred over a prolonged period, according to booking […]
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FRENCH VALLEY — Sheriff’s officials announced today the arrest of a second registered sex offender within as many days within the southwest Riverside County area. Although there is no indication the two arrests were related, the two men live just 12 miles apart and both were arrested within about 40 hours. The man arrested today is facing 43 charges related to […]
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MENIFEE — A retired piano teacher who continued tutoring and teaching piano for more than 20 years after he was convicted for committing lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14 was arrested again earlier today. Today’s charges involving a 7-year-old child that landed him back in jail are similar to those that led to his 1983 […]
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CORONA — A 22-year-old, San Jacinto man, accused of 14 counts of sexually assaulting at least one young child, has been arrested and is being held on nearly $9.4 million bail. Citing their ongoing investigation, officials have released very few details, other than to confirm the alleged suspect’s Jan. 19 arrest. The day after his arrest, Benny Albert Zavala was booked into Riverside County Jail on suspicion of five […]
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RIVERSIDE — Police have arrested a teen who was turned in by his own mother after the man admitted to her that he molested two young children at a Riverside hotel the previous evening. The man later confessed to molesting as many as 50 children over the last eight years while living in different cities throughout Southern California. Officials believe […]
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TEMECULA — Authorities say they have arrested a man they allege sexually molested his 6-year-old stepdaughter, about two weeks after the victim’s mother notified officials regarding the alleged sexual abuse. The molestation reportedly happened on the 30000 block of Colina Verde, southeast of the intersection of Pauba and Ynez Roads, in Temecula. Officials arrested the alleged suspect, identified as Dana Wilber, 50, of Temecula, at […]
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RIVERSIDE — Authorities arrested a man they say molested a young boy in early July. The man was arrested Thursday, July, July 27. The alleged suspect was arrested at a residence on Hemlock Avenue in Moreno Valley. Officials say the man, who was later identified as Nathaniel Hernandez, is a guitar instructor for a guitar store in the Orangecrest neighborhood of […]
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TEMECULA – Sheriff’s officials announced yesterday the arrest of a Temecula resident suspected of molesting at least two juveniles. After a week-long investigation, authorities arrested the man on Main Street in Old Town Temecula Friday, April 28. Investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Temecula Police Station arrested 56-year-old Jose Benito Fabian a week after they were first notified regarding allegations that Fabian had […]
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RIVERSIDE – Police officials confirmed the arrest of a former Riverside area teacher, who was accused of being involved in an inappropriate, months-long relationship with a student at Encore High School for the Arts in Riverside. According to the school’s website, the Riverside campus is located at 3800 Main Street in Riverside. The teacher, whom officials identified as Camryn Raelynn Zelinger, 32, […]
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