Sexual Offenses

Charles Patrick Drew, Two-Stiker Sex Offender, Indicted for Brutal Rape and Murder of Woman

Ugly mugged sex offender Charles Patrick Drew has been indicted for the special circumstances murder of a 29-year-old woman in the course of raping her in a Stanton motel room in June of last year. Drew, 63, who has two prior strike convictions from 1995 for forcible rape and assault with a deadly w ... More >>

Dr. Pete Thomas, Podiatrist Alleged to Possess 1,100 Images of Kiddie Porn, Faces Three Years

A podiatrist accused of having 1,100 images of child pornography on his Santa Ana office computer is to be arraigned Thursday on charges that could fetch him a three year prison stretch and mandatory lifetime registration as a sex offender.Dr. Pete Thomas, 58, of Long Beach, is charged with one felo ... More >>

David Moreno, Nursing Home Worker, Allegedly Assaulted 69 y.o. Woman Sexually

Talk about your sick fucks--excuse me--alleged sick fucks: assisted living and nursing home employee David Moreno is accused of sexually assaulting a 69-year-old disabled woman.And, according to a release from the Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA), law enforcement is reaching out to th ... More >>

[UPDATED with DA, Public Defender Interpretations:] Orange County Pervs-in-Parks Ban Violates State Constitution: Judicial Panel

See Update No. 2 on page 2, where DA Tony Rackauckas maintains the three-judge panel ruling pertains to the Godinez case and not pending or future cases involving the county sex offender ordinance. Public Defender Frank Ospino argues that law is now void.See Update No. 1 with the district attorney's ... More >>

Matthew Castaneda, a.k.a Wrestler Chippy Sanchez, Gets 15 Years to Life for Sex with Girl

Pro wrestler Matthew Castaneda met an opponent he could not defeat in May, when a jury convicted the Anaheim 35-year-old of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl he met on MySpace. Known in the ring as "Chippy Sanchez," he'll next be grappling at a state prison, where a judge sent him today for 15 ... More >>

[UPDATED, W/Perp Walk Photo!] Carlos Bustamante, Santa Ana Councilmember, Arrested on Sex Crime Charges

See updates--including a HILARIOUS mugshot of Busted-amonte AND a perp-walk shot--at the end of this post ORIGINAL POST, JULY 2, 5 P.M.: Just got a press release from the Orange County District Attorney's office that SanTana councilmember Carlos "Busty" Bustamante was arrested this afternoon and is ... More >>

[UPDATED with Conviction:] Daniel Vlas Flores Guilty of Developmentally Disabled 7-year-old Girl's Kidnapping and Rape

UPDATE, APRIL 27, 1:32 P.M.: A jury today found Daniel Vlas Flores guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 7-year-old developmentally disabled girl in 2009. The Huntington Beach 30-year-old faces a maximum sentence of 72 years in state prison at his June 6 sentencing in Westminster.ORIGINAL ... More >>

Akeem Jelani Johnson Gets 8 Years for Raping Drunk Aussie and Dumping Her Behind Bar

Akeem Jelani Johnson, the Tustin 28-year-old who raped a drunken Australian tourist in the back of a car before dumping her in an alley behind Godfather's Bar, was sentenced today to eight years in state prison and mandatory lifetime registration as a sex offender.A jury last month convicted Johns ... More >>

Wade Lee Roberts, 4-Strikes Sex Offender, Up on Rape of Developmentally Disabled Woman

A 60-year-old Anaheim man faces 45 years to life in state prison for allegedly picking up a developmentally disabled woman from a bus stop, driving her to a motel room and raping her.We didn't have to bother police or prosecutors for a booking photo of Wade Lee Roberts because his mug is already ava ... More >>

29-year-old Woman, OC Homicide No. 8: Sex Offender Charles Patrick Drew Held in Murder by Brutal Sex Assault

​Before we move on to a truly ugly crime, I believe we can all agree that unless Moxley comes up with a better "winner," we have this week's Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week.Transient, two-striker and registered sex offender Charles Patrick Drew, 62, is accused of murdering a 29-year-old woman dur ... More >>

[UPDATED with Yorba Linda and Lake Forest Votes:] Hugo Godinez, Sex Offender Busted in County Park, is Ammo for Two More Cities Considering Bans

​UPDATE, NOV. 16, 4:05 P.M.: The Yorba Linda City Council voted unanimously Tuesday for an ordinance on first reading to keep registered sex offenders out of city parks unless they first get permission from the Brea Police Department, which also patrols Yorba Linda.The ordinance would be enacted 3 ... More >>

Atallah "Alibaba" Abdallah, Produce Market Owner, Accused of Raping Sales Rep in Her Costa Mesa Office

​A sales rep says a major produce market client brutally raped her in her Costa Mesa office and then tossed a $100 bill at her and told her to "Buy some pills" to terminate any pregnancy that might result from his having ejaculated inside her. The bombshell allegations against Atallah "Alibaba" ... More >>

Gonzalo Salazar Gets 46 Years to Life for Raping and Strangling 15-Year-Old Female Relative

Salazar, despicable​"You are a despicable human being," Orange County Superior Court Judge Steven Bromberg said Friday as he sentenced a 37-year-old man to 46 years to life in state prison.Didn't have time to get to this one last week, but Gonzalo Salazar received Bromberg's harsh words and senten ... More >>

[UPDATED with Sentence:] Joseph Raymond Garcia Raped and Sodomized Women He Met Online

​UPDATE, MAY 20, 2:19 P.M.: A judge today sentenced Joseph Raymond Garcia to 45 years to life in state prison for forcibly sodomizing three women and raping two of them.The 51-year-old Irvine resident met two of the victims online through MillionaireMatch.com.

[UPDATED with Conviction:] James Arroyo, Orange County Jail Cook, Groped 2 Lady Inmates

​UPDATE, MAY 16, 5:11 P.M.: Orange County Sheriff's Department jail cook James Arroyo was convicted today of sexually assaulting two female inmates under the 54-year-old Fullerton resident's supervision.Arroyo pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of sexual battery on one woman and two misdem ... More >>

Union Blasted for Distributing Flier Warning of Pedophiles at Disneyland

​The union that represents Anaheim Disney Resort motel workers is being criticized for a flier being distributed to guests of the theme parks that warns, "Keep Your Children Close! Places Like Disneyland are a Magnet for 'Pedophiles.'""Has Local 11 gone too far?" begins a thread on Mouse Planet, a ... More >>

Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras Guilty of Having Child Porn, Annoying Girl at Library

​A 24-year-old Stanton man was convicted Monday of possessing child pornography and annoying a 12-year-old girl while at the public library in his town. Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras copped a plea to one misdemeanor count of possession of child pornography and one misdemeanor count of child annoya ... More >>

Abner Z. Avila, ex-Orangewood Counselor, Accused of Sexual Assault on Minor There

​UPDATE: The accused pleaded not guilty this morning, Orange County Register reports.A 27-year-old Lake Elsinore man was being arraigned in Santa Ana this morning for the alleged sexual assault of a then-17-year-old female resident he was providing therapy to as a group counselor at the Orangewoo ... More >>

Ali Achekzai, Serial Rape Suspect Captured in Austria, to be Back in Orange County Tonight

​R. Scott Moxley told you in January about the capture of Ali Achekzai, a onetime Ladera Ranch resident and alleged Southern California serial rapist who was found living in Salzburg, Austria, through a DNA match. Tonight, the 32-year-old on District Attorney Tony Rackauckas' Ten Most Wanted list ... More >>

Kenneth Anthony Huskey Accused of Sex Crimes, Battering Women on HB's Main Street

​A pre-trial hearing is scheduled Monday in Westminster for a 25-year-old Las Vegas man accused of being even more dangerous and imbalanced than the typical dangerous and imbalanced characters one brushes up against on Huntington Beach's Main Street.Authorities say last Thursday afternoon Kenneth ... More >>

Sexual Assault Conviction for After-School Laundry Room Come-On

Flickr user Aaron Gustafson / Creative CommonsMeant to clean things.​Jonathan Jimenez-Gonzalez couldn't take "no" for an answer, so now he's going to prison.

Vaughn Robert Biby, 9-Time Sex Offender Alleged to Have Kiddie Porn, Torture and Murder Pics-and Chuck E. Cheese Tokens

​You are 46 years old and you have been convicted NINE TIMES!!! previously for sex offenses. And yet, you are on the outside long enough to--according to Johnny Law--be found with hundreds of thousands of pornographic pictures and videos of children, as well as books and magazines on torture, ra ... More >>

Haidl Gang Rape Defendants Lose Appeal

AP pool photoFrom left: Kyle Nachreiner, Keith Spann and Gregory Haidl during their original trial in Santa Ana.​A California Court of Appeal based in Santa Ana this afternoon rejected the appeal of the three convicted defendants in the notorious case known around the world as the Haidl gang rape ... More >>

Man Accused of Getting Teen and Woman Drunk and Then Raping Them--9 Years Apart

Courtesy of Orange County District Attorney's officeMax Danilo Martinez is accused of rapes nine years apart.​In announcing the charges against a Corona man who is being arraigned in Santa Ana this morning for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl and 24-year-old woman, the Orange County District At ... More >>

School Bus Driver Gets 151 Years for Molesting Little Girls

​My name is Terry and I am a school bus driver A creepy school bus driver is who I am And I get 151 years to life in state prisonFor molesting little girls and taking nasty picturesOkay, so as a lyricist, I make a great blogger. And apologies to Cheech Marin for mangling his song. But Terry Shield ... More >>

Did This Man Rape You?

Courtesy of Orange County District AttorneyJason Ara Erpinar, 20, of Yorba Linda, could get 45 years in prison if the rape charges against him stick.​The Orange County District Attorney's office is reaching out to the public today to determine if there are other victims of a 20-year-old Yorba Lind ... More >>

Orange County DA's Office Seethes Over Sex Offender Being Freed

Courtesy of Orange County District Attorney's OfficeFrederick Davison​The Orange County District Attorney's Office is so upset over the dismissal of a civil suit aimed at keeping a convicted rapist and child molester locked up that it is alerting the community about the 40-year-old's man's release ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Pinche Chesters

Cirilo Flores Rarely Pursued Discipline of Molesting Priests While Serving on Important Church Board

Jessica's Law Was Unraveling Before Santa Ana Court Ruling

A ruling by the state Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana on Wednesday may represent the largest crack to date in Jessica's Law, the voter initiative Prop. 83 of 2006 that forbade sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or a park. Stress fractures had been evident several mo ... More >>

Joelle Casteix Fights for Catholic Church Sex-Abuse Victims While Pursuing Her Own Abuser

KOCE Docu on OC Catholics Funded (Mostly) by Pedo-Spinners

It's still to be seen what exactly will KOCE-TV Channel 50's much-hyped documentary about Orange County Catholic life will contain (how much you wanna bet not a peep about the pedophile priests that terrorized county parishes for a quarter century?), but the Weekly can report that most of its princi ... More >>

The Mind of a Pedophile

Two convicted child molesters get another stiff sentence for a crime they thought about committing

OC Blog Spins for Urell (And Spins and Spins...)

Bear with us, gentle readers--this is a long post... Though the Weekly anointed Orange Juice as the county's best blog, even the Juicers would admit that the king of the county blogosphere is OC Blog, started and administrated by Jubal, the nom de plume of political consultant and longtime local Re ... More >>

Bad Moves

The bishop broke his covenant. The former chancellor broke down. But the truth about the Diocese of Orange's sex-abuse scandal is emerging in court anyway

The Annotated Bishop Brown Deposition

Today, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gail Andler ruled that a Sept. 10 deposition of Catholic Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown for the Jeff Andrade case be released to the public. As a public service announcement, the Weekly presents an annotated version after the jump with beaucoup hotlin ... More >>

Another Sex-Abuse Accusation Against Diocese of Orange

It's now been over a month since the Weekly revealed that Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown had a molestation allegation lodged against him in the past. We knew Brown wouldn't comment on the matter (we thought about confronting him yesterday, when he presided over the Confirmation of my brother ... More >>

Nailed?

Bishop Tod Brown and his undisclosed molestation accusation

Hypocrites Unite!

As everyone surely now knows, The Drudge Report has solved the Mark Foley mystery. As you know, Republicans are all about taking responsibility for one's actions. As they demonstrate here, they are indeed taking responsibility--for having an innocent "prank" about pedophilia (nice sense of humor, gu ... More >>

Accused GOP Pedophile Ties DA to Blackmail Plot

Jeff Nielsen says mentored seventh-grade boy sought apology, $100,000

Hey, You!

To Neglect and Serve

Haidl Gang Rape Archive

King of the County Pedophiles

The life, death and final escape of Eleuterio Ramos

The Bombshell That Wasnt

Haidl judge tossed out Times new evidence last year

Haidl Wept

Judge concedes the gang-rape suspect is in great need, but says no to Get Out of Jail card

Man Of The Year

Mr. Irresponsible, Gregory Scott Haidl

How to Ruin a Woman

The system so reluctant to hold Greg Haidl responsible will likely punish his victim

The Army of God

How a monk, an altar boy, and a sex-abuse victim joined forces to battle their common enemy: the Catholic Church

Witness for the Scumbag

Let online pedophiles find us