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Santa Ana Police Department
Monday October 14th, 2019 :: 01:43 p.m. PDT

Advisory

SAPD TO HOLD JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH OCDA OFFICE, OCSD CRIME LAB AND THE CA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE

MONTEBELLO MAN CHARGED WITH TWELVE FELONIES
IN CONNECTION WITH 2012 KIDNAPPING AND RAPE OF CHILD

LOCATION: Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at 10:00 am
Santa Ana Police Department Community Room

ATTENDEES:
Santa Ana Police Chief David Valentin
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer
CA Department of Justice, Assistant Bureau Director for the Bureau of Forensic Services, Elissa Mayo
Orange County Sheriff’s Crime Lab Director, Bruce Houlihan

ARRESTEE: FRANCISCO JAVIER LOPEZ (45) MONTEBELLO

Lopez has been charged with the following:

• 1 felony count of kidnapping to commit a sex offense
• 1 felony count of oral copulation of a child under the age of 11
• 3 felony counts of sexual penetration of a child under the age of 11
• 1 felony count of sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 11
• 5 felony counts of a forcible lewd and lascivious act with a child under the age of 14
• 1 felony count of dissuading a witness.

Lopez has also been charged with four sentencing enhancements of causing bodily injury to a child under 14 and aggravated kidnapping.

He faces life without the possibility of parole if convicted of all charges, and is currently being held at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange.

Santa Ana Police Chief David Valentin will join the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the California Attorney General’s Office to discuss how a statewide effort by local and state agencies led to Lopez’s arrest.

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Santa Ana Police Department
60 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, CA 92701

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