11 people arrested for alleged sex crimes against children in Oakley

Lina Portman4 weeks ago

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OAKLEY, California – The Oakley Police Department conducted an operation from May 24-31 that involved identifying and arresting adults who use the Internet to search for children to sexually exploit and abuse them.

Oakley Police Detective J. Dombrouski coordinated the operation, supported by Sergeant K. Morris, Detective B. Gill, Detective N. Pistello, Detective R. Schiff and a host of others Oakley police officers. Coordination efforts included ensuring sufficient personnel were dedicated and in place to represent an appropriate number of dismantling teams and ensuring there was sufficient technical, forensic and investigation to carry out the operation.

This operation resulted in 11 arrests of adults who engaged in inappropriate online relationships of a sexual nature with children they believed to be minors. The 11 suspects arrested attempted to physically meet their target by going to a predefined “meeting location”.

Some brought with them candy as well as sexual contraception items. One of the suspects is a well-known Boy Scout troop leader; another suspect is a known behavior therapist for children with special needs. All 11 suspects were booked on felony charges.

The identities of the 11 suspects arrested are as follows:

Isaias Valdez, male, 30, Pittsburg
Jason Pearson, male, 48, Concord
Jonathan Henriquez-Garcia, male, 32, Antioch
Anthony Taormina, male, 64, Oakley
Daniel Sigmundson, male, 51, Concord
Ashneel Singh, male, 29, Hayward
Humayoun Kabir, male, 60 years old, Antioch
Zuhair Mukatash, male, 59, South San Francisco
Luis Cuevas-Morales, male, 25, Hayward
Yerson Cruz-Perez, male, 27, Pittsburg
Elio Rodriguez-Martinez, male, 29, Oakland

“I fully appreciate all the efforts and diligence demonstrated by all law enforcement personnel, assistant prosecutors and support staff, which resulted in the arrest of these very dangerous,” Oakley Police Chief Paul Beard said. “Additionally, I am very proud of my team of investigators who coordinated everything leading up to this operation, and I am honored to be their leader. I have always appreciated proactive and task-oriented missions. This operation ranks at the top of what I consider to be the most important type of proactive, task-oriented missions. In a very literal sense, the children's innocence was saved through the efforts of this operation. Knowing some of the stories that led to these arrests, I have a very visceral feeling of disgust toward the men who were arrested. I believe I speak for everyone involved in what happened when I say that I fully support the prosecutors in handling the criminal cases and cases against these men while seeking full accountability for their actions. . Stay safe Oakley and hold your children tight.

This was done in collaboration with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and included the following agencies: