The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Darren Anthony Garcia (Age 31 of Corona) for multiple sex crimes in Victorville.
CASE SYNOPSIS
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department began an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. During the investigation, Darren Anthony Garcia was arrested.
After reviewing this case, our office has filed charges against Mr. Garcia for violating the following sections of the California Penal Code:
Penal Code Section 288.2(a)(2) – Distributing Or Showing Pornography To A Minor (Felony)
If the matter used by the person is harmful matter but does not include a depiction or depictions of a minor or minors engaged in sexual conduct, the offense is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or two or three years.
Penal Code Section 288.3(a) – Contact With Minor For Sexual Offense (Felony)
Every person who contacts or communicates with a minor, or attempts to contact or communicate with a minor, who knows or reasonably should know that the person is a minor, with intent to commit an offense specified in Section 207, 209, 261, 264.1, 273a, 286, 287, 288, 288.2, 289, 311.1, 311.2, 311.4 or 311.11, or former Section 288a, involving the minor shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for the term prescribed for an attempt to commit the intended offense.
Penal Code Section 288.4(b) – Going To Meet With Minor For Lewd Purposes (Felony)
Every person described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) who goes to the arranged meeting place at or about the arranged time, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years.
Penal Code Section 288(c)(1) – Lewd Act Upon A Child Age 14 or 15 (Felony)
A person who commits an act described in subdivision (a) with the intent described in that subdivision, and the victim is a child of 14 or 15 years, and that person is at least 10 years older than the child, is guilty of a public offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for one, two, or three years, or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year. In determining whether the person is at least 10 years older than the child, the difference in age shall be measured from the birth date of the person to the birth date of the child.
(2 Counts)
CASE INFORMATION
DA Case Number: 2021-00-0004672
Court Case Number: FWV21000387
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