A behavioral therapist was accused of sexual assault on an autism boy during a home treatment session in Garden Group last year, and the authorities urge anyone with additional information or potential victims of progress.
Salvador Armando Areeja, 32, was arrested, and he was charged with a felony from committing an obscene work on a child under the age of fourteen, as well as a reinforcement claiming to have entered the child’s house with the intention of committing the crime.
Orange County Prosecutor’s Office said that if he is convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison.
At the time of the alleged abuse, Arriaga was working for behavioral health work, an Anheim company that provides behavioral therapy services for children with autism and other development disabilities.
On September 18, 2024, he was holding a session at the boy’s house, a client who previously visited his home.
Prosecutors claim that the session was held in the child’s bedroom, while the boy’s father remained in the living room sponsoring another child.
When the father noticed that the room was calm, he entered and found no one on the horizon. After opening the door of the cabinet, he claimed that he found his son with his pants below and kneeling Ashiaa “and his head near the bosom of his son.”
Father Arriaga, who tried to escape from the scene through a window before running out of the door.
The victim’s father called the Garden Group Police Department, who arrived at the scene shortly after. While the officers were at home, Ariaga returned and was wearing another shirt.
Officials said he was detained on suspicion of obscene work on a child.
During the following months, investigators continued to collect evidence, including DNA, which led to the accusation of Arriaga and officially arrested him based on a judicial order.
It is still in detail on bail of $ 1 million.
The investigation is still ongoing, and anyone with information about Arriaga or other potential victims are urged By e -mailOr by calling 714-741-5872.