Former La Honda Man Arrested, Accused Of Lewd Acts With His Two Daughters

By SUSAN C. SCHENA (Patch Staff)

A 56-year-old man was arrested Monday morning at his home in Santa Cruz County based on an investigation into alleged sex offenses committed on his two daughters when he resided in San Mateo County, authorities said.

At approximately 7:30 a.m., detectives from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant and an arrest warrant at the Live Oak-area home of Lawrence Stanley Gullman in unincorporated Santa Cruz County, officials said.

The warrants were obtained after the Sheriff’s Office investigated allegations that Gullman committed lewd and lascivious acts with two of his daughters in the spring of 2001, when the two were in the early and late teens and while they lived in the town of La Honda, according to the San Mateo department.

Gullman was taken into custody and evidentiary items were seized from his residence, officials said.

He was booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City with bail set at $250,000.

Any information regarding this case can be directed to Detective Joe Cang at (650) 259-2417 or e-mail at jcang@smcgov.org.