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1835 - Outlaw and Rocks/Park/High School namesake Tiburcio Vasquez born in Monterey, Calif. [story]
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Detectives from the Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying potential sexual assault victims in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Early in 2016, Detectives began investigating allegations that the suspects in this case were involved in the molestation of several children at several locations in the Santa Clarita Valley area. On Thursday, March 31, 2016, Detectives arrested the suspects during the service of a search warrant at their residence in Santa Clarita.

On April 4, 2016, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed numerous felony counts of Lewd Acts with a Child against Suspect Francisco Avendano, 42. He is currently in custody with bail set at $2,020,000.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office also filed charges of Lewd Acts with a Child against Suspect Jacqueline Wadsworth, 32. She is currently in custody with bail set at $220,000.

Based on information developed over the course of this investigation, Detectives believe that there are other children that may have potentially been sexually assaulted by these suspects during the past ten years.

Anyone who may have additional information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau at (877) 710-5273. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

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31 Comments

  1. Gee Hawd says:

    Prob living smack on bouquet…….

  2. Itzel Rivas says:

    Rot in hell NO RESPECT FOR PEDOPHILES.

  3. Did they work with children?

  4. Does anyone have more information???

  5. And they lived in front of newhall school

  6. Debra A Hill says:

    Yes we are all angry, but does anyone have any info on them where did they work what age are the children?

  7. Julie Villanueva is that cisco?

  8. Besh St.John says:

    There are other articles on Facebook. Apparently they had kids and they had other kids sleep over.

  9. Brian Moran says:

    My mom used to date this idiot glad she left always knew something wasn’t right about him

  10. This happens everywhere even in awesome town, I’m glad there talking about it and not trying to cover it up

  11. Johnny Vm says:

    They gonna get it back in prison

  12. Jessica Razo says:

    Not knowing she or He was the nasty mess

  13. Johnny Vm says:

    Not her its the guy

  14. Jessica Razo says:

    Johnny Vm I think I would see him a lot by library!!:o

  15. Yeah I remember that ?

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