For more than ten years now, I have been begging people not to put their children in daycares where men, or teenage boys, are likely to be present. Men have no business looking after someone else's children.
Manitoba foster parent with home daycare faces
child porn charges
Investigators are combing through digital evidence following the arrest of a foster parent in western Manitoba.
Brandon police were tipped off by the National Child Exploitation Centre earlier this month, about someone who was potentially creating child sexual abuse material.
Their investigation led them to a 37-year-old man – who along with his common law partner – were foster parents and ran a daycare out of their home.
Officers moved in on the home on Monday and seized a number of devices. The six children in the home were also safeguarded.
Brandon Police Chief Tyler Bates says they’re still in the early days of their investigation, but says it’s possible that the children in the suspect’s care were not the only victims.
“The information that is obtained from those electronic devices will speak to the gravity and scope of the abuse of the children within the home,” Bates said. “But it is possible that there are potentially other victims as well.”
The 37-year-old man has been charged with several counts related to child pornography, along with assault, sexual assault and sexual interference.
Bates says the parents of the children at the daycare were also notified.
“You can imagine the horror and the shock of the parents that learned of the criminal instances of this magnitude at that residence and how concerning that would be,” Bates said.
80-y/o San Luis Obispo man who sexually abused children in daycare gets life
By Chloe Shrager
February 10, 2025 5:32 PM|
An 80-year-old San Luis Obispo County man who sexually abused multiple children at his wife’s unlicensed daycare received a life sentence on Monday.
On July 17, Pablo ReynaEsparza pleaded guilty to two felonies of committing lewd acts on a child under the age of 14, admitting to two special allegations subjecting him to a sentence of 50 years to life, according to a news release from the District Attorney’s Office.
“Mr. ReynaEsparza’s selfish and predatory actions in taking advantage of multiple children are the reason he has lost his freedom,” Deputy District Attorney Kristin Barnard said at his sentencing.
The crimes occurred between 2016 and 2018 at an unlicensed daycare run by the defendant’s wife at their home in San Luis Obispo, the news release said.
The young survivors were between 5 and 11 years old when the crimes occurred. Four child victims were listed under pseudonyms in the charging documents.
“We are very proud of these young survivors for their remarkable courage in reporting these horrible crimes which enabled us to bring ReynaEsparza to justice,” said District Attorney Dan Dow.
“This substantial prison sentence for an 80-year-old sexual predator should ensure he will never victimize another child.”
As part of the sentence, ReynaEsparza will be required to register as a sex offender for life.
The DA’s Office urges all parents looking for childcare to verify credentials and proper licensing at the California Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division.
As News 12 previously reported, state police arrested the owner’s son, 28-year-old Tyler Leclerc, of Hyde Park, last Wednesday. He’s charged with criminal sex act involving a victim under the age of 17 and two counts child endangerment. Authorities say an investigation found the instructor sexually abused multiple children over several years.
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