Former softball coach arrested for sexually abusing a female player on his team 
DATE/TIME: July 31, 2017/ 8:45 p.m.
INCIDENT: PC 288(c); Child Molest, PC288a(b)(2); Oral Copulation, PC 289(i); Penetration with a Foreign Object
LOCATION: City of Victorville in San Bernardino County
SUSPECT: Armando Felix, 42 years old, resident of Victorville
VICTIM(S): Confidential female
SUMMARY:
On July 20, 2017, the Victorville Police detectives and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Specialized Investigations detectives received information that Armando Felix sexually assaulted an underage female on several occasions in the city of Victorville. The repeated sexual abuse occurred when the victim was approximately 15-16 years old, between the years 2013/2014. Felix met the victim while coaching her softball team and continued a sexual relationship with the victim.
Following an extensive joint investigation with agents at the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General and detectives from the Specialized Investigation Division, Crimes Against Children Detail(CAC), Armando Felix was arrested on Monday, July 31, 2017 and booked into the High Desert Detention Center. Felix was booked for PC 288(c); Child Molest, PC 288a(b)(2); Oral Copulation and PC 289(i); Penetration with a Foreign Object. His bail was set at $100,000 and he is expected to be arraigned on August 2, 2017 in Victorville Superior Court.
The Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General worked with CAC detectives as Felix is employed as a Federal Correctional Officer. Armando Felix has been a softball coach for juveniles for several years and the Investigators are releasing Felix's booking photo as there is the possibilty of additional victims.
Anyone with information related to this investigation, or other victims, are urged to contact Detective Jacob Gault, Crimes Against Children Detail at (909) 387-3615. Information can be provided anonymously by contacting WeTip at 800-78CRIME or wetip.com
Refer: Detective Jacob Gault
Station: Specialized Investigations Division/ Crimes Against Children Detail
Phone No. (909) 387-3615
Case No. 601700091
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
Address/Location
SBSD - Headquarters
655 E 3rd St
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 909-387-3700
