Security Guard Sought Sex With 4-Year-Old, Arraigned In OC

ANAHEIM, CA —A 29-year-old security guard accused of attempting to arrange to have sex with a 4- year-old girl was headed to court Monday for arraignment on charges of soliciting to commit sexual assault on a minor. The Anaheim resident, Nicolas Ryan Castillo had been living with his fiancee and her family for several weeks prior to being arrested last Wednesday on his way to work, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.

His arrest culminated a monthlong undercover investigation, which started after a Santa Ana police informant alleged that Castillo approached him looking for a 4-year-old child to have sex with, Bertagna said.
Castillo allegedly claimed he had done the same thing in the past and wanted to speak to the mother of the child, Bertagna said.

A Santa Ana detective posed as a mom and carried on a dialogue with Castillo via text and email, during when he allegedly said he was willing to pay $700 for two separate rendezvous with the fictional girl or $500 to spend the night with the child, Bertagna said.

Detectives served search warrants last Wednesday morning at Castillo's residence in Anaheim and at his parents' home in Yorba Linda, where he was living previously, and concluded they had enough evidence to make an arrest, Bertagna said. Police collected computers and hard drives, which will be examined with the help of the FBI, he said.

Police suspect there may be more victims and note that Castillo lived next door to a daycare center in Anaheim, and across the street from an elementary school in Yorba Linda, Bertagna said.

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