35 Suspects Arrested in Sexual Assault Investigations

by CrimeVoice Admin , February 27, 2022

Originally published as a San Jose Police Department press release –

“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.”

#	SUSPECT	ADDRESS	AGE
1	Carlos Anguiano	San José Resident	33 Years
2	Adrian Avila	San José Resident	29 Years
3	Juan Barraza	San José Resident	53 Years
4	Victor Cuellar-Calles	San José Resident	30 Years
5	Isaac De La Rosa	San José Resident	51 Years
6	Sergio S. Dominguez	San José Resident	46 Years
7	Edward Escalante	San José Resident	38 Years
8	Dionte Foster	San José Resident	39 Years
9	Travis Gold	San José Resident	38 Years
10	Hector Gutierrez	San José Resident	32 Years
11	Justin Holt	San José Resident	29 Years
12	Reyver Huantemendez	San José Resident	24 Years
13	Elias Huerta	San José Resident	51 Years
14	Charles Lee	San José Resident	27 Years
15	Juan Longoria	San José Resident	44 Years
16	Francisco Lopez-Averanga	San José Resident	59 Years
17	Jose R. Marquez	San José Resident	46 Years
18	Arturo Martinez-Viscorra	San José Resident	39 Years
19	Juan Medina	San José Resident	31 Years
20	Joey Mitchel	San José Resident	28 Years
21	Peter Montero	San José Resident	63 Years
22	Romel Nieto-Valencia	San José Resident	32 Years
23	Emari Ogarrow	San José Resident	42 Years
24	Luis Portillo	San José Resident	31 Years
25	Jerry Puga Jr.	San José Resident	53 Years
26	Luis S. Quintero	San José Resident	33 Years
27	Kevin Rivera	San José Resident	23 Years
28	Jose Rodriguez-Rios	San José Resident	62 Years
29	Alfonso Rodriguez-Rios	San José Resident	44 Years
30	Daniel Rosado	San José Resident	62 Years
31	Rene Salazar	San José Resident	36 Years
32	Luis Santa Cruz-Jimenez	San José Resident	27 Years
33	Jorge Soto	San José Resident	18 Years
34	Michael Walsh	San José Resident	51 Years
35	Jose Zarate	San José Resident	47 Years