San Jose police unit charge 35 for sex crimes

Some of the 35 men arrested in the San Jose Police Department's sex crimes investigation.
Some of the 35 men arrested in the San Jose Police Department's sex crimes investigation. Photo credit San Jose Police Department

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KNX) – The San Jose Police Department’s Sexual Assault Investigations Unit arrested 35 people during a sex crimes investigation.

Police said that 29 of the arrests happened over a one-month period, while five happen “on-view", according to the press release.

The suspects, who are all San José residents are as followed:

Carlos Anguiano

Adrian Avila

Juan Barraza

Victor Cuellar-Calles

Isaac De La Rosa

Sergio S. Dominguez

Edward Escalante

Dionte Foster

Travis Gold

Hector Gutierrez

Justin Holt

Reyver Huantemendez

Elias Huerta

Charles Lee

Juan Longoria

Francisco Lopez-Averanga

Jose R. Marquez

Arturo Martinez-Viscorra

Juan Medina

Joey Mitchel

Peter Montero

Romel Nieto-Valencia

Emari Ogarrow

Luis Portillo

Jerry Puga Jr.

Luis S. Quintero

Kevin Rivera

Jose Rodriguez-Rios

Alfonso Rodriguez-Rios

Daniel Rosado

Rene Salazar

Luis Santa Cruz-Jimenez

Jorge Soto

Michael Walsh

Jose Zarate

All suspects were charged with sex crimes ranging from misdemeanor sexual assault to felony cases, according to a press release.

Police also said they believe there could be more victims out there as most of the incidents took place from 2016 to February 2022.

Anyone with any additional information about these cases is asked to contact the San José Police Department’s Sexual Assault Investigations Unit at 408-537-1394.

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