MORENO VALLEY (CA) — Felony charges will be filed Wednesday against a 55 year-old man suspected that he sexually assaulted a Moreno Valley girl. He also committed similar assaults in other places.
David Anthony Padilla was taken into custody and booked at the Smith Correctional Facility, Banning, on Friday for lewd acts against a minor. Padilla is currently being held on $500,000 bail.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported that detectives received information last Wednesday that the suspect had allegedly committed unspecified sexual acts on a child living in the 11000 block Hummingbird Place, near Swan Street in Moreno Valley.
James Merrill, Sheriff’s Investigator, stated that sufficient evidence had been gathered to obtain an arrest warrant for Padilla. Padilla was taken into custody at the intersection of Swan Pass Road and Pigeon Pass Road without incident.
The circumstances surrounding the alleged assault, including the suspect’s relationship to the victim (if any), were not revealed. Merrill stated that Padilla is also under investigation for alleged assaults in Upland and Hawaii.
Background information about the suspect was not available. Anyone with information that could be used in the investigation was asked for contact at 951-486-6700.
