FROM MID 20S TO 81 YEARS OLD. WE’RE HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT OPERATION SUMMER SENTINEL. MONTHS OF PLANNING LEADING TO YUBA COUNTY’S FIRST UNDERCOVER CHILD PREDATOR STING OPERATION. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP THINKING THEY’RE ABOUT TO HAVE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A CHILD, AND INSTEAD THEY’RE MET WITH ESSENTIALLY A SWAT TEAM COMING OUT THE DOOR TO ARREST THEM. THE THREE DAY OPERATION BROUGHT MOST OF THE 14 SUSPECTS FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY VIA DIFFERENT PLATFORMS, WHERE INVESTIGATORS WERE PRETENDING TO BE CHILDREN. 13 YEARS OF AGE AND YOUNGER. ANYWHERE THAT THERE’S A POSSIBILITY TO CHAT, THAT’S, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TARGET, WHETHER IT BE VIDEO GAMES OR CHAT ROOMS. SO ANY TIME THAT YOUR CHILD IS INTERACTING WITH SOMEBODY THAT THEY CAN’T SEE YOU NEED TO TAKE NOTE OF THAT. AMONG THE ARRESTS IS MOISES CORDERO, AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO JUVENILE HALL. CORDERO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE AGENCY SINCE 2004. IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. MOST RECENTLY, A SPECIAL EDUCATION TECHNICIAN, A SPOKESPERSON WITH THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TOLD KCRA THAT THE 39 YEAR OLD WAS PUT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER THEY RECEIVED INFORMATION OF HIS ARREST. AND IN ALMOST EVERY OPERATION THAT’S DONE UP AND DOWN THE STATE IN CALIFORNIA, SOMEONE LIKE THIS TURNS UP SOMEONE THAT’S IN A POSITION OF TRUST. WORKING AT A JUVENILE HALL OR SOMEONE WHO’S UMPIRING LITTLE LEAGUE OR SOMEONE WHO IS A PASTOR. I MEAN, IT JUST UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO PROFILE FOR A CHILD PREDATOR. AND THIS IS YUBA COUNTY’S FIRST OPERATION OF THIS KIND. AND WHILE MOST PEOPLE TRAVEL TO THEIR COUNTY, THEY’RE HOPING THAT IF ANYONE WHO IS WATCHING THIS HAS BEEN A VICTIM CAN COME FORWARD. YEAH. AS A PARENT WATCHING THIS, THIS IS QUITE DISTURBING. MARICELA, DID THE COUNTY SAY WHETHER THEY’VE RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS AGAINST MOISES CORDERO WHILE HE WAS WORKING AT JUVENILE HALL? YEAH. LISA. WELL, THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WE ASKED AND WE WERE TOLD BY THE COUNTY SPOKESPERSON THAT PERSONAL MATTERS ARE CONFIDENTIAL. ALL RIGHT. MARICE
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Rancho Cordova man arrested in child predator operation worked with youth, officials say
Maricela De La Cruz
Reporter
A 39-year-old man who was arrested in a Yuba County child predator operation worked in education for 20 years, KCRA 3 has learned.The Yuba County Sheriff's Office arrested 14 men suspected of engaging in explicit conversations with people they believed to be children over social media after a three-day undercover operation, the agency said on Thursday.The sheriff's office said the men arrested were on popular social media sites where they began suggestive conversations with people they believed to be girls. The suspects made arrangements to meet and engage in sexual acts with the girls, but they were instead met by law enforcement.Among those arrested was Moises Cordero of Rancho Cordova. Cordero worked for the Sacramento County Office of Education since 2004, the office confirmed, most recently in a staff support position as a special education technician at Juvenile Hall. "In almost every operation that's done up and down the state in California someone like this turns up; someone that's in a position of trust working at a juvenile hall or someone who's on a little league, or someone who's a pastor. Unfortunately, there is no profile for a child predator," said Clint Curry, the Yuba County District Attorney.The office said Cordero was immediately placed on administrative leave after SCOE learned of his arrest. KCRA 3 has reached out to SCOE for more information, including the ages of the juveniles Cordero worked with and if he is being paid while on leave.Cordero has been charged in Yuba County Superior Court for contact with a minor for sexual offense. Operation Summer SentinelMonths of planning led to Operation Summer Sentinel, Yuba County's first undercover child predator sting operation."A lot of these people will show up thinking they're about to have sexual contact with a child and instead they're met with a swat team coming out the door to arrest them," said Curry.The three-day operation brought 11 suspects from neighboring counties including Sacramento, Yolo, and Butte.While no children were involved in this investigation, officials ask parents to be extra watchful when kids are online. "Anywhere that there is a possibility to chat, that's what they target, whether it'd be video games and chat rooms, so anytime that your child is interacting with somebody that they can't see, you need to take note of that," said Yuba County Sheriff, Wendell Anderson.Other arrests includeIsaac Covarrubias, 26 of SacramentoJames Cubbage, 49 of DavisJoseph Kergel, 40 of WoodlandJoshua Norberg, 29 of Yuba CityKenneth Hill, 30 of SacramentoKenneth Lorenz, 81 of Rio LindaKevin Gipson, 58 of OrovillePedro Morales, 26 of SacramentoRoberto Orocio, 32 of Yuba CitySteven Cherms, 61 of OrovilleTing Thao, 34 of SacramentoThomas Shepherd, 65 of SacramentoTimothy Bond, 54 of Yuba CityOfficials ask if anyone believes they or their child were victimized by Cordero or one of the other suspects, to call the Yuba County Sheriff's Office at 530-749-7770.Read the full release from the sheriff's office and Yuba County District Attorney here.
YUBA COUNTY, Calif. —
A 39-year-old man who was arrested in a Yuba County child predator operation worked in education for 20 years, KCRA 3 has learned.
The Yuba County Sheriff's Office arrested 14 men suspected of engaging in explicit conversations with people they believed to be children over social media after a three-day undercover operation, the agency said on Thursday.
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The sheriff's office said the men arrested were on popular social media sites where they began suggestive conversations with people they believed to be girls. The suspects made arrangements to meet and engage in sexual acts with the girls, but they were instead met by law enforcement.
Among those arrested was Moises Cordero of Rancho Cordova.
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Cordero worked for the Sacramento County Office of Education since 2004, the office confirmed, most recently in a staff support position as a special education technician at Juvenile Hall.
"In almost every operation that's done up and down the state in California someone like this turns up; someone that's in a position of trust working at a juvenile hall or someone who's on a little league, or someone who's a pastor. Unfortunately, there is no profile for a child predator," said Clint Curry, the Yuba County District Attorney.
The office said Cordero was immediately placed on administrative leave after SCOE learned of his arrest.
KCRA 3 has reached out to SCOE for more information, including the ages of the juveniles Cordero worked with and if he is being paid while on leave.
Cordero has been charged in Yuba County Superior Court for contact with a minor for sexual offense.
Operation Summer Sentinel
Months of planning led to Operation Summer Sentinel, Yuba County's first undercover child predator sting operation.
"A lot of these people will show up thinking they're about to have sexual contact with a child and instead they're met with a swat team coming out the door to arrest them," said Curry.
The three-day operation brought 11 suspects from neighboring counties including Sacramento, Yolo, and Butte.
While no children were involved in this investigation, officials ask parents to be extra watchful when kids are online. "Anywhere that there is a possibility to chat, that's what they target, whether it'd be video games and chat rooms, so anytime that your child is interacting with somebody that they can't see, you need to take note of that," said Yuba County Sheriff, Wendell Anderson.
Other arrests include
- Isaac Covarrubias, 26 of Sacramento
- James Cubbage, 49 of Davis
- Joseph Kergel, 40 of Woodland
- Joshua Norberg, 29 of Yuba City
- Kenneth Hill, 30 of Sacramento
- Kenneth Lorenz, 81 of Rio Linda
- Kevin Gipson, 58 of Oroville
- Pedro Morales, 26 of Sacramento
- Roberto Orocio, 32 of Yuba City
- Steven Cherms, 61 of Oroville
- Ting Thao, 34 of Sacramento
- Thomas Shepherd, 65 of Sacramento
- Timothy Bond, 54 of Yuba City
Officials ask if anyone believes they or their child were victimized by Cordero or one of the other suspects, to call the Yuba County Sheriff's Office at 530-749-7770.
Read the full release from the sheriff's office and Yuba County District Attorney here.
