Hanford priest's rape trial begins
San Joaquin teen says he assaulted her at church three times.
HANFORD -- A 17-year-old girl testified Monday that a Roman Catholic priest raped her on three separate occasions and threatened to harm her family if she told anyone about the alleged assaults at churches in Hanford and Tranquillity. The teenager, who lives in San Joaquin, showed no emotion as she described how the Rev. Miguel Flores threw her onto a bed, held her arms and sexually assaulted her in his church residence last January and February.

Jose Roberto Cerros Sentenced For Impregnating Stepdaughter
Cerros Also Suspected Of Impregnating Other Stepdaughter
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- A Bakersfield man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually abusing his 16-year-old stepdaughter, which resulted in two pregnancies. Jose Roberto Cerros, 55, faced nearly 20 years in prison before striking a plea deal in May. Rape and molestation charges were dismissed as part of the deal, Kern County Deputy District Attorney Matthew E. Magner said Wednesday. Authorities suspected Cerros of fathering his then 14-year-old stepdaughter's first child, but the investigation ended when the girl denied the allegations, authorities said.
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Norcal: No new leads in Chico rape by Spanish-speaking Hispanic
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his early 20s with dark eyes. His black hair was slicked back at the time of the attack. The suspect is 5 foot-6 inches tall with a medium to heavy build.
He spoke fluent Spanish and the victim believes it is his primary language.
(NNN-Norcal) - (Citizenship of suspect is not known)

Norcal: Javier Torres arrested in ambush kidnap, rape
the suspect, Javier Torres, 26, was "somebody who kept trying to court her, but she didn't want anything to do with him." Torres was booked on charges of rape, kidnapping and carjacking. In Spanish, the man ordered the woman into the passenger seat and he drove into Atwater. Just as the car turned south onto Applegate Road, the victim tore off the man's mask and recognized him, Sziraki said. The attacker then put his hand over her mouth and nose, and she blacked out. When she woke up, the car was in a sweet potato field south of Atwater and she was in the back seat.
(NNN-Norcal) - (Citizenship of suspect is not known)

Norcal: Josefa Benito Hernandez arrested in rape, brutal beating
Detectives arrested one man and want to question another after a 45-year-old Bay Area woman was raped and beaten with a tire iron. The woman was assaulted on Paradise Road near Maze Boulevard Saturday evening. Sheriff's deputies arrested Josefa Benito Hernandez, 25, of Modesto, and booked him on charges of rape, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, oral copulation by force and penetration with a foreign object.
The second man was identified only as Pepe. "We want to talk to Pepe," said the Sheriff.
(NNN-Norcal) - (Citizenship of suspect is not known)

Hispanic Modesto man Hernandez arrested in rape, brutal beating - Police want "Pepe"
Detectives arrested one man and want to question another after a 45-year-old Bay Area woman was raped and beaten with a tire iron. The woman was assaulted on Paradise Road near Maze Boulevard Saturday evening. Sheriff's deputies arrested Josefa Benito Hernandez, 25, of Modesto, and booked him on charges of rape, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, oral copulation by force and penetration with a foreign object. He was being held at the Stanislaus County Jail on Monday with bail set at $500,000.
The second man was identified only as Pepe. "We want to talk to Pepe," said Kelly Huston, spokesman for the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department. "We just know his name is Pepe and he's Hispanic. That's about all we know about him." The rape was reported at 2:50 a.m. Sunday morning by a passing motorist who reported seeing a bloody, nude woman near the roadside.

Irineo Vasquez Quevedo Sr., Jr, held on sex counts
A father and son in Delano were arrested Tuesday in an alleged molestation of two teen-age family members for years. The son also is accused of rape. Irineo Vasquez Quevedo Sr., 42, and Irineo Quevedo Jr., 21, both of Delano, are stepfather and stepbrother to the 14- and 15-year-old girls they are accused of molesting. The girls' mother discovered the molestation in December but did not report it until recently because the girls were afraid, police said.

Maderan underwear thief sentenced
A Madera man, arrested in June after he was videotaped in a woman's home from which underwear had been stolen several times since December, has been sentenced to four years in prison. Roberto Vega Ochoa, 49, also was ordered by Madera County Superior Court Judge Thomas Bender to register as a sex offender, to reimburse the victim for lost or damaged property and to pay back her costs for a video camera, the Madera County District Attorney's Office said.

Teen migrant from Guatamaula accused of raping elderly woman
PALO ALTO, Calif. — A recent high school graduate and soccer player has been accused of raping a 94-year-old woman in a senior citizens home. Jorge Eduardo Hernandez, 18, was arrested July 18 on rape, sodomy and burglary charges. Hernandez, who moved with his family to California from Guatemala in 1995, was working as a men's clothing salesman at the time of his arrest

Jorge Hernandez pleads innocent to raping 94-year-old woman
Hernandez's defense lawyers say the interview lasted four hours and was confusing
for the young man who is not a native English speaker. - (reader link)

LATINO INCEST: Sex offender sentenced
Miguel Lemus Lachino, 63, of Porterville was sentenced to six years in state prison Tuesday for molesting a family member. In March, Lachino pleaded no contest to committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child younger than 14. Lachino was accused of molesting a family member between Nov. 1, 1999, and August 31, 2001. He also will be required to register as a sex offender for life, pay a restitution fine, get an AIDS test and not have contact with children younger than 18. - (down the page)

Hispanic Pleads No Contest To Impregnating Daughter
Cerros Fathered Two Children With 15-Year-Old Daughter
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- A Bakersfield man has pleaded no contest in Kern County Superior Court to one count of continuous sexual abuse for twice getting his daughter pregnant. Jose Roberto Cerros, 55, faces 16 years in prison for sexually abusing his 15-year-old daughter. Two other molestation charges and a rape charge against Cerros were dismissed Wednesday in the deal between prosecutors and the public defender.

Authorities said Cerros was suspected of impregnating his daughter a year ago, but the girl denied that he was the father of her 5-month-old daughter at the time. After her second child was born in March, the girl fled the home and reported that her father forced her to have sex with him for the past four years. The girl and her 10 siblings were removed from their home as a result of a child neglect investigation, but returned to the home before investigators had a chance to interview the girl a second time. Cerros, who was arrested May 24, also will have to register as a sex offender.
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Obregon faces six felony charges -- including abduction and rape -- and will be arraigned today in Madera County Superior Court. Obregon and two other men apparently picked up the girl May 19 in the city of Madera and drove to a rural vineyard. Braulio Arreazola, 41, and Agapito Armando Obregon, 25, both of Madera, were arrested earlier this month, Stuart said. Each of the three men faces six felony charges in the alleged rape, according to court records.
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The twin girls said sex with migrant began when they were 8 and living in Mexico
A 33-year-old man was arraigned Monday on four counts of rape after a pregnant 16-year-old girl and her twin sister told police they have been forced for several years to regularly have sex with him. The suspect, Marcelano Flores Julian, pleaded innocent and remains in jail in lieu of posting $200,000 bail. He was arrested Thursday. The case came to light when a neighbor took one of the girls to a clinic, Clinica Sierra Vista, Thursday for prenatal care, Bakersfield police reported. - (NNN-Norcal)

The girl told police that the man asked her in Spanish to help him fix his car, but she refused and walked away. A short time later, and just a few blocks away, a 10-year-old boy and his 8-year-old sister were approached by a man who asked for similar help with his truck. When the children agreed to assist, the man placed the boy in front of the truck with the hood raised. He brought the girl inside the truck, where he put his hand in her pants. The girl jumped down and the children walked away.

Priest Flores preliminary hearing is June 4
HANFORD -- The Hanford priest who was arrested on forcible rape, witness intimidation and criminal threat charges in March returned to court Tuesday for pretrial conference. Father Miguel Flores, 34, a priest at Hanford's Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, returned to court with his attorney

• Ref: Hanford priest accused of raping a 16-year-old girl who worked at his church - (NNN-Norcal)
  
  
• Not the same person as Miguel Angel Flores Executed November 9, 2000 by Lethal Injection in Texas
  Flores was a mexican foreign national with no prior criminal record.
  

 * Mrs. Soto Convicted Of Murdering husband as he slept and dismembering him
   Updated 5:42 PM ET December 23, 1999
  (VENTURA) -- An abused spouse who shot her husband and dismembered him is found
  guilty of first degree murder. It took a Ventura county jury less than three days of
  deliberations to conclude that Gladis Soto planned and carried out the killing of her
  husband, Pedro Alba, as he slept. Her attorneys had hoped for a manslaughter conviction.
  She faces a possible sentence of 50 years to life, with more time added for assault with a
  deadly weapon, and for ramming the car of her husband's lover.