LAPD officers Luis Valenzuela & James Nichols of the Hollywood Division of the Los Angeles Police Department were charged with the repeated sexual assault of four women. The alleged assaults frequently took place while the pair was on duty. In December of 2008, it is alleged that LAPD officers Luis Valenzuela & James Nichols began...

Avenal teacher Christopher Nugent, a one time a teacher of the year at Avenal Elementary, was arrested in January and charged with sexually molesting several of his students. After receiving a complaint from a student, Avenal Elementary School officials notified police. According to the complaint, Nugent had allegedly touched students in an inappropriate manner....

If you were sexually abused as a child, you may have considered a lawsuit against your abuser and the institution who enabled him or her, but were prevented from doing so by the statute of limitations. For Minnesota residents, hope is on the horizon. The 2013 Child Victims Act gives Minnesota child sex abuse victims a...

A Santee gymnastics coach, Patrick Wehrung, was arrested for allegedly having sex with a teenage girl he instructed while working as a gymnastics coach at Champion Gymnastics & Cheer. Patrick Wehrung was arrested on the same day that the parents of the 15-year-old reported the alleged crimes. Law enforcement reports indicate that the girl...

A Palmdale High School varsity girl’s basketball coach is facing child sex abuse charges following his arrest in early January 2016.  Coach Marcus Williams was arrested after he was seen in a car with a minor believed to be a basketball player on the Palmdale High School team he coached. Coach Marcus Williams will...

Colton High School English teacher Lucas Drake, profiled last year by the school newspaper as a Teacher of the Month, is under arrest. He is accused of soliciting and the sexual abuse of a young teenage San Diego County boy. According to reports, law enforcement began to investigate teacher Lucas Drake in January after...

Victims of San Diego dental assistant Luis Ramos now number 13. Estey Bomberger is representing one of the victims. Call us for a confidential and no cost consultation at 619-295-0035. Updated on March 1, 2016 San Diego dental assistant Luis Ramos now faces 31 felony and misdemeanor charges, including sexual penetration and sexual battery of...

This sounds like the story line of a Saturday afternoon movie on the Lifetime channel, but what local law enforcement is alleging happened last month is very serious and not fictional at all. San Diego Police say a minor female reported that she had been assaulted on January 21st while undergoing a dental procedure...

A San Diego area resident, living as a fugitive and with an alias, is facing child sexual abuse charges for allegedly molesting young children in Louisiana during a camping 37 years ago. For the last 30 years Frank John Selas apparently had been living in the San Diego area under the last name of...

Estey & Bomberger, LLP is actively involved in education and community outreach with respect to issues associated with child sexual abuse, negligent supervision, and maltreatment. We are proud to be attending and hosting a booth at the Rady's Children's Hospital Chadwick Center Conference on January 25-28, 2016. The San Diego Conference focuses on multi-disciplinary best-practice efforts...