FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Suspect Carlos Anguiano	Suspect Adrian Avila	Suspect Juan Baraza	Suspect Victor Cuellar-Calles	Suspect Isaac De La Rosa
ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED
Suspect Sergio S. Dominguez	Suspect Edward Escalante	Suspect Dionte Foster	Suspect Travis Gold	Suspect Hector Gutierrez
ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED
Suspect Justin Holt	Suspect Reyver Huantemendez	Suspect Elias Huerta	Suspect Charles Lee	Suspect Juan Longoria
ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED
Suspect Francisco Lopez-Averanga	Suspect Jose R. Marquez	Suspect Arturo Martinez-Viscorra	Suspect Juan Medina	Suspect Joey Mitchel
ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED
Suspect Peter Montero	Suspect Romel Nieto-Valencia	Suspect Emari Ogarrow	Suspect Luis Portillo	Suspect Jerry Puga Jr.
ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED
Suspect Luis Quintero	Suspect Kevin Rivera	Suspect Jose Rodriguez-Rios	Suspect Alfonso Rodriguez-Rios	Suspect Daniel Rosado
ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED
Suspect Rene Salazar	Suspect Luis Santa Cruz-Jimenez	Suspect Jorge Soto	Suspect Michael Walsh	Suspect Jose Zarate
ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED	ARRESTED

The San José Police Department Sexual Assault Investigations Unit arrested 35 suspects that had outstanding warrants during an operational sweep between January 1st, 2022, and February 14th, 2022.

29 of those arrests were made during a one-month period, in a coordinated effort with SJPD Special Operations (MERGE, Street Crimes, METRO, VCET) and the Bureau of Investigations (Covert Response Unit). Five of these arrests were on-view arrests due to the proactive work of detectives. Two of these warrant arrests were made outside of San José.

All of the suspects are charged with sex crimes ranging from misdemeanor sexual assault to felony cases of sexual assault of a minor and rape. The dates of these cases ranged from 2016 to as early as February of 2022. It is possible that there could be additional victims. Anyone with additional information about these cases is urged to contact the San José Police Department’s Sexual Assault Investigations Unit at 408-277-4102.

Submit crime tips and remain anonymous by using the P3TIPS mobile app, calling the tip line at (408) 947-STOP, or on www.svcrimestoppers.org. If the information you submit leads to an arrest, you are eligible for a cash reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Program.

The San José Police Department is committed to providing services to survivors of sexual assault and bringing their perpetrators to justice.

“This successful operation is a testament to the department-wide dedication at our San José Police Department to hold violent offenders accountable and uphold our standards for trauma-informed response to improve closure rates for survivors,” Councilwoman Sylvia Arenas said. “Sexual assault crimes are notorious for being underreported and of those reported even less lead to arrests,” Arenas said. “I hope that these successful arrests will aid survivors in their journey of healing, some who may have waited as long as six years for justice, and empower more survivors to come forward.”

Chief of Police Anthony Mata, "I would like to thank all the Department members involved for their tremendous efforts in taking these individuals into custody and helping bring hope to the survivors of these terrible crimes.”