Long Beach police
officer re-arrested for more sex-related crimes involving minors
LONG BEACH — A
nine-year officer with the Long Beach Police Department who was arrested last
month for possession of child pornography was re-arrested Wednesday afternoon
for several sexually-based offenses, including arranging to meet a minor for
lewd purposes, a police spokeswoman said.
Officer Noe Yanez,
40, was arrested and booked at 12:36 p.m. and is being held at Los Angeles
County Men's Jail on $951,000 bail, according to the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department website.
Yanez was re-arrested
after Long Beach police continued their initial investigation and interviewed
additional victims, said LBPD spokeswoman Lisa Massacani.
Massacani said she
wasn't authorized to release additional information on Yanez's booking.
Yanez is scheduled to
appear at the Long Beach Courthouse on May 11.
Yanez was first
arrested and booked April 19 for possession of child pornography following an
investigation into his alleged inappropriate contact with a minor, which,
according to police, began with text messages and the solicitation of
inappropriate photographs.
Police launched an
investigation after the minor reported the alleged conduct to a school resource
officer in April. School resource officers are only placed at high schools.
Yanez was suspended
without pay following his initial arrest, police officials said. He posted bond
April 20 and was released.
He remains on
suspension pending the outcome of the internal and criminal investigations,
officials said.