A Long Beach Police officer charged in a 39-count criminal
complaint for "sexual involvment" with 13 minors appeared in court
Friday, but his arraigment was postponed until Wednesday, the District
Attorney’s Office announced.
Noe Yanez, 40, who was suspended without pay by Long Beach Police Department after his April arrest, will appear again May 16. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Shelly Torrealba set the defendant’s bail at $951,000.
After Yanez was arrested for possession of child pornography, and released on bail the next day, the Long Beach Police Department said the employee of nine years had met the alleged victim during the course of his work, but did not divulge his assignment.
Noe Yanez, 40, who was suspended without pay by Long Beach Police Department after his April arrest, will appear again May 16. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Shelly Torrealba set the defendant’s bail at $951,000.
After Yanez was arrested for possession of child pornography, and released on bail the next day, the Long Beach Police Department said the employee of nine years had met the alleged victim during the course of his work, but did not divulge his assignment.
Yanez is charged with 10 counts of child molesting; eight
counts of contact with a minor for a sexual offense; seven counts of false
imprisonment by threat of violence; and four counts each of meeting a minor for
lewd purposes, and arranging meeting a minor for lewd purposes.
He also faces one count each of possession of matter depicting a minor engaging in sexual conduct; sale of or providing an alcohol beverage to a minor; sexual penetration by a foreign object; oral copulation of a person under 18; unlawful sexual intercourse; and using a minor for sex acts. In all, there were 39 felonies and 15 misdemeanors.
Yanez was originally arrested on April 19 by LBPD and by the D.A.'s special unit that prosecutes police, public officials and attorneys. He was rearrested just weeks later, on May 9, on a felony complaint filed in support of an arrest warrant, the D.A.'s office said.
The alleged crimes involve 13 victims, some of whom were girls with first names in the complaint, and allegedly occurred over more than four years, between Jan. 1, 2008, and April 13, 2012.
He also faces one count each of possession of matter depicting a minor engaging in sexual conduct; sale of or providing an alcohol beverage to a minor; sexual penetration by a foreign object; oral copulation of a person under 18; unlawful sexual intercourse; and using a minor for sex acts. In all, there were 39 felonies and 15 misdemeanors.
Yanez was originally arrested on April 19 by LBPD and by the D.A.'s special unit that prosecutes police, public officials and attorneys. He was rearrested just weeks later, on May 9, on a felony complaint filed in support of an arrest warrant, the D.A.'s office said.
The alleged crimes involve 13 victims, some of whom were girls with first names in the complaint, and allegedly occurred over more than four years, between Jan. 1, 2008, and April 13, 2012.
Patch has opted to not run the officer's photo, at the
police department's request, due the under-age alleged victims.