DATE/TIME: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
INCIDENT: PC 288.2 (A) Sending Harmful Matter to a Minor
PC 311.3 (A) Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
PC 311.11 (A) Possession of Child Pornography
LOCATION: Town of Apple Valley
SUSPECT: Roy Sescon, 34 years old, resident of Apple Valley
SUMMARY:
On Monday, March 16, 2020, Investigators from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Department in South Carolina contacted the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Crimes Against Children Division, regarding a sexual exploitation of a minor investigation. Investigators from Pickens County learned an unknown suspect was sending and receiving harmful matter from victims in South Carolina. Through investigation, it was determined the suspect was sending and receiving the harmful matter from a residence in Apple Valley.
On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, personnel from San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Specialized Enforcement Detail (SED), Crimes Against Children and Hi-Tech Division, served a search warrant at a residence in the 11800 block of Running Deer Road in Apple Valley. Investigators contacted Roy Sescon at the residence. At the end of an interview with Sescon, he was identified as the suspect and was arrested.
Sescon was subsequently booked into Central Detention Center with bail set at $100,000. He has since posted bail and was released from custody.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Specialized Investigation Division, Crimes Against Children Detail, Detective Brian Arias (909) 387-3615. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or www.wetip.com.
Refer: Detective Brian Arias
Station: Specialized Investigation Division - Crimes Against Children Detail
Case No. DR#602000053 C#2020-050
Phone No. (909) 387-3615
John McMahon, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
