Man arrested for molesting a little girl at a Santa Ana church on Father’s Day

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Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Detectives Arrest Suspect In Child Molestation Case. Believe There May Be Additional Victims

Suspect: Trinidad Tavarez (51) Santa Ana

Synopsis: A 4-year-old girl was sexually assaulted while attending a church service at Oasis Christian Church in Santa Ana on Father’s Day. Jose Trinidad Tavarez has been working as a handyman and security guard for the Oasis Christian Church for the past year. Tavarez has been living out of his van, which was parked on the church property.

Santa Ana Police arrested Tavarez for sexually assaulting the girl. He was booked at the Orange County Jail on Child Molestation charges. Tavarez has prior arrests for soliciting an undercover officer for sex and contempt of court.

SAPD Detectives believe there may be additional victims and ask anyone with information to contact Corporal R. Bonilla at 714-245-8412, rbonilla@santa-ana.org or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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