Possible illegal immigrant arrested in sex sting

Orange County Register
By Kimberly Edds
March 30, 2010
MISSION VIEJO, CA

A man possibly in the country illegally has been stalking a middle school girl since January and was arrested by Sheriff's Department investigators after trying to set up a meeting with the young girl, authorities said.

Jose Manuel Dominguez, a 38-year-old construction worker, was arrested at the Emerald Pointe apartments just after 8 p.m. Monday when he showed up to rendezvous with the girl, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.

An immigration hold was put on Dominguez when he was booked into Orange County jail, Amormino said.



Juan Manuel Dominguez

According to the girl, Dominguez came up to her Monday morning at Carl Hankey K-8 School and said he had seen her in a grocery store Jan. 1, Amormino said. The girl had been in that grocery store that same day, Amormino said.

He continued to engage the girl in "inappropriate conversation" and asked her about her schedule and when she liked to take walks, Amormino said.

Dominguez then, according to the girl, asked her for her phone number and said he wanted to meet her that night at 8 pm. at the Emerald Pointe apartments, Amormino said. After Dominguez left, the girl told school officials, who then called the Sheriff's Department.

Sex crimes investigators went to the meeting place and arrested Dominguez, Amormino said.

"The scary thing is he knew where she went to school and what neighborhood she was in," Amormino said.

He is scheduled to appear in court April 1, Orange County jail records show.

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