ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 17HF1025
Date: August 9, 2017
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is seeking the public’s help identifying potential additional victims of a man who is accused of forcibly raping and sexually assaulting two teenagers in Santa Ana and San Juan Capistrano.
Defendant: Alejandro Hernandez Garcia, 41, San Juan Capistrano
Felony Charges:
- Forcible rape
- Sodomy by force
- Rape by use of drug
- (2) Sexual penetration by foreign object
- (2) Forcible oral copulation
- Sentencing Enhancements:
- Substantial risk of harm to the victim
Sentence:
- 98 years to life in state prison
- Mandatory sex offender registration pursuant to PC 290
Arraignment:
Aug. 18, 2017, 10:00 a.m. at Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana
Bail: $1 million
Circumstances of the Case:
- On or about July 13, 2016, Garcia is accused of approaching 16-year-old Jane Doe 1 in a residential neighborhood in the city of San Juan Capistrano.
- Jane Doe 1 knew the defendant only as “Tiburon,” a nickname which means “shark” in Spanish.
- The defendant is accused of pulling Jane Doe 1 into a garage, locking the door, and sexually assaulting the victim.
- On the evening of Aug.18, 2016, the defendant is accused of contacting 19-year-old Jane Doe 2, who was lost in the city of Santa Ana.
- The defendant is accused of providing Jane Doe 2 with an alcoholic beverage which, unknown to the victim, contained an illegal drug. Garcia is further accused of sexually assaulting Jane Doe 2 in the backseat of his car.
- On July 30, 2017, Garcia is accused of returning to Jane Doe 1’s neighborhood in San Juan Capistrano.
- Jane Doe 1 saw the defendant and identified him as the man who sexually assaulted her, and contacted the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD).
- Santa Ana Police Department and OCSD conducted a joint investigation and OCSD arrested Garcia on Aug. 1, 2017.
The investigation in this case is ongoing. Anyone with additional information or who believes they have been a victim is encouraged to contact OCDA Supervising Investigator Eric Wiseman 714-347-8794.
Prosecutor: Senior Deputy District Attorney Heidi Garrel of the Sexual Assault Unit.
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TONY RACKAUCKAS, District Attorney
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff
Office: 714-347-8408
Cell: 714-292-2718
Michelle Van Der Linden,Spokesperson
Office: 714-347-8405
Cell: 714-323-4486
I wonder if this criminal sexual predator is an illegal alien. Why doesn’t the press disclose status of all criminals? The taxpaying public has a right to know!
Why would his status even matter. Paper or no papers he paid for his actions and that’s what matters.
Really they couldn’t make his right side look like his left side I’m disappointed suerte en la carcel que no te metan dedos por el culo puto
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