David Michael Bruce
David Michael Bruce, 68, a retired Sycamore Junior High School drama teacher who was on trial for allegedly molesting five of his students, apparently took his own life as his attorney and a prosecutor were preparing to begin closing arguments Wednesday morning, according to the O.C. Register.
David Michael Bruce, 68, was found dead in his home in an unincorporated area of Anaheim south of Los Angeles, according to ABC News. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 09CF2322
Date: May 20, 2016
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former fugitive was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl and threatening to kill her 15-year-old sister after breaking into their home in the middle of the night through a bedroom window. Ernesto Parraguirre, 27, Anaheim, was found guilty by a jury Nov. 18, 2015, of one felony count each of sexual penetration of a child 10 years or younger, lewd acts on a child under 14, criminal threats, first degree burglary, assault with intent to commit a sexual offense during the commission of a first degree burglary, and a sentencing enhancement for being a non-accomplice present during a residential burglary. Parraguirre was also sentenced to mandatory lifetime sex offender registration and ordered to pay restitution. Continue reading
Ernesto Parraguirre
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Date: November 19, 2015
Case # 09CF2322
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former fugitive was convicted yesterday of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl and threatening to kill her 15-year-old sister after breaking into their home in the middle of the night through a bedroom window. Ernesto Parraguirre, 26, Anaheim, was found guilty by a jury yesterday, Nov. 18, 2015, of one felony count each of sexual penetration of a child 10 years or younger, lewd acts on a child under 14, criminal threats, first degree burglary, assault with intent to commit a sexual offense during the commission of a first degree burglary, and sentencing enhancement allegations for committing a sexual offense in the commission of a residential burglary and non-accomplice present during a residential burglary. He faces a maximum sentence of 42 years to life in state prison at his sentencing, Feb. 5, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-44, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading
A 40-year-old Santa Ana man named Ignacio Hernandez was charged this Tuesday with molesting two girls in Santa Ana and Anaheim, in the summer of 2011 and 2013, according to the O.C. Register.
Hernandez is being held in lieu of $1 million bail pending arraignment on Nov. 6. He knew a relative of the victims, according to the SAPD. One of the alleged incidents took place in Anaheim and the other in Santa Ana. Continue reading
David Bruce
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 15NF2656
Date: October 2, 2015
FULLERTON, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is seeking the public’s help identifying potential additional victims of a junior high school drama teacher charged with sexually assaulting six boys under the age of 15. David Michael Bruce, 65, Anaheim, is charged with nine felony counts of lewd acts upon a child under 14 and two felony counts of lewd acts on a child age 14 or 15. If convicted, Bruce faces a maximum sentence of 125 years to life in state prison. The defendant is out of custody on $1 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 29, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-12, North Justice Center, Fullerton.
At the time of the crimes, Bruce was employed as a drama teacher at Sycamore Junior High School in Anaheim and had access to minors. The defendant retired in 2010 but worked as a substitute teacher at the school until 2013. Continue reading
David Bruce
Raul Quezada, Chief of Police
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2015
Released by: Sgt. Daron Wyatt, (714) 497-5633
Subject: Retired Teacher Arrested for Child Molestation and Possession of Child Pornography – Additional Victims Sought
On September 8, 2015, Detectives from the Anaheim Police Department Sexual Assault Detail arrested David Bruce, a 65 year old retired middle school teacher during the service of a search warrant at his residence in unincorporated Anaheim. Bruce was booked at the Anaheim Temporary Detention Facility on two counts of Child Molestation and one count of Possession of Child Pornography.
Two victims have been identified thus far. Both are now adults and the crimes occurred while the victims were students at Sycamore Junior High School. Bruce posted the statutorily established bail of $100,000. Continue reading
Henry Arthur Quinones
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # C-78106
Date: July 17, 2015
*FBI located defendant in Mexico and extradited him in April 2015
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man on the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) Most Wanted List was sentenced today to 56 years in state prison for committing lewd acts upon a child in 1991 and fleeing the country during the middle of his jury trial. Henry Arthur Quinones, 75, was convicted by a jury in his absence on Sept. 9, 1991, of 26 felony counts of committing lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14. Quinones was located by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Mexico and extradited back to Orange County by FBI on April 17, 2015.
“I commend the FBI and all the agencies involved in securing the arrest and extradition of this defendant. Quinones is a pedophile who committed one of the worst violations against a young innocent child,” stated District Attorney Tony Rackauckas. “Law enforcement never gave up looking for him and he will likely never get out of prison.” Continue reading