Crime & Safety
Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Teen: Watsonville Police
Police investigators said the man started abusing the girl when she was 14 years old.

MONTEREY COUNTY, CA β A Monterey County man is in jail after being accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl for three years, police said. Watsonville police investigators arrested Eric Quintanilla Ruiz, 37, in Salinas on Thursday.
Authorities said the abuse, which allegedly lasted three years, started when the girl was just 14 years old. Quintanilla is being held on $300,000 bail at the Monterey County Jail. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Detective Naim Figueroa at 831-768-3355.
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