Girl’s Baseball Coach held in molestation case
Coach held in molestation case
Bardo Gomez, 42, of Santa Ana was arrested Monday after the girl told police the previous day that she was the victim of continuous sexual abuse by her mother’s ex-boyfriend, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
The girl said multiple sexual acts occurred during two years, Bertagna said.
Gomez was arrested on suspicion of unlawful sex with a minor, oral copulation with a minor, lewd and lascivious acts with a child, sodomy with a minor and continuous sexual abuse of a child, Bertagna said.
Gomez, who is unemployed, is being held at the Santa Ana City Jail in lieu of $100,000.
Bertagna said Gomez has been giving girls private softball pitching lessons out of his home and at Thorton Park. Police have not ruled out the possibility that there may be additional victims.
Gomez has had other brushes with the law. He was convicted in 2004 for carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle, criminal street gang activity and street terrorism. He was sentenced to 240 days in jail and three years probation. In 2001 he was arrested on suspicion of murder, but the case was dismissed.
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