Fugitive in Grand Terrace child molestations captured

By Melissa Pinion-Whitt

Inland Valley News
Created: 11/20/2009 09:57:33 AM PST


"Genaro Gonzalez has been on the run from law... (San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department)"

A man who fled to Mexico nearly a year ago after molesting three girls in Grand Terrace has been returned to California, sheriff's officials said today.

San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies booked Genaro Gonzalez, 39, into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on suspicion of committing lewd and lascivious acts with children under 14-years-old, sheriff's officials said.

Investigators said Gonzalez violently molested three girls between 1999 and 2008. Someone reported the incidents to the Sheriff's Department on Dec. 12. Gonzalez discovered there was an investigation, so he fled California.

Authorities discovered he was hiding in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Authorities obtained an international provisional warrant and Mexican authorities arrested him June 12.

Gonzalez was extradited from Mexico to Texas where a U.S. Marshals task force took custody of him. He was flown to Ontario Airport on Nov. 14, interviewed and booked into jail without bail. Authorities placed an immigration hold on him.

Anyone with information may call sheriff's detectives at (909) 387-3545. People wanting to remain anonymous may call WeTip, (800) 78-CRIME.