Orange County Man Arrested for Sexual Abuse of Child

The Tustin Police Department provided this photo of Frank Carmen Simonetta after he was arrested on July 21, 2015, for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor.
The Tustin Police Department provided this photo of Frank Carmen Simonetta after he was arrested on July 21, 2015, for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor.

Police were looking Saturday for additional victims of an Orange County man who was arrested after a 24-year-old woman came forward claiming she had been sexually abused a decade earlier.

The Tustin Police Department provided this photo of Frank Carmen Simonetta after he was arrested on July 21, 2015, for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor.

Frank Carmen Simonetta, a 54-year-old Stanton resident, was arrested Tuesday – the same day the unidentified woman reported the abuse, according to the Tustin Police Department.

Police announced the arrest Friday, the same day Garden Grove police asked for help finding additional victims of another man who was arrested for allegedlysexually assaulting two boys he met at Orange County churches.

The 24-year-old woman reported Tuesday she had been sexually abused in Tustin between the ages of 12 and 15.

Simonetta was then arrested for alleged lewd acts on a child, sodomy, digital penetration and continual sexual abuse of a minor.

Anyone with information about the case or additional victims was asked to contact Detective Pam Hardacre at 714-573-3248.

Original Story: http://ktla.com/2015/07/25/orange-county-man-arrested-decade-after-alleged-sexual-abuse-of-child/

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