Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # TBA: October 22, 2013
FULLERTON – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is seeking the public’s help identifying potential additional victims of a physician’s assistant charged with sexually assaulting a female patient under the guise of performing a medical exam. Rocael Gomez, 48, La Mirada, is charged with one felony count each of sexual penetration by foreign object of an unconscious victim, and sexual battery by fraud. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum sentence of nine years in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration. The defendant is out of custody on $250,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. in Department N-3, North Justice Center, Fullerton. Continue reading