JANUARY 23, 2009 – Steven Antony, 39, director of Sunstorm Volleyball Club and the volleyball coach at Escondido’s San Pasqual High School, was arrested Thursday on 23 counts of sexual abuse. He remained in custody Friday at the Vista jail on $1 million bail. The North County Times reported Friday that the three known victims were associated with the volleyball club, not the high school.
According to the charges, Steven Antony allegedly had unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and molested three minors under the age of 15. The incidents date back to 2001, and most of the crimes allegedly took place in Vista and Carlsbad. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Child Abuse Unit is continuing to investigate the Escondido volleyball coach child molestation case.
NOVEMBER 15, 2008 — Gary Cervantes, 42, of Escondido, led police and California Highway Patrol in a high speed chase in rush hour traffic across San Diego county Friday afternoon. Cervantes was wanted on four counts of child molestation, and fled authorities after they tried to pull him over for a traffic violation. The chase began near Rancho Bernardo on southbound I-15 at about 4:40 p.m. Police tried to pull over Cervantes, who was driving a green Honda minivan. Cervantes drove west on SR-52, then north on I-5, driving in the carpool lane and weaving between cars to bypass much of the congested commuter traffic. Cervantes stopped the minivan in the far left lane at about 5:15 p.m. on I-5, near Manchester Avenue. He climbed the center divider and began running northbound next to the center divider of southbound I-5, with CHP officers following closely behind on foot. One car missed Cervantes, but he was then struck by a white sedan in the next lane. He was arrested and taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital for treatment of a broken leg and other major, possibly life-threatening injuries.
Bleyle Molestation Case Holds Preliminary Hearing Sept 19
September 19, 2006
A respiratory therapist at San Diego Children’s Hospital is being tried for countless molestations of some of the convalescent center’s most helpless patients. The preliminary hearing for Wayne Albert Bleyle, 54, was held today at the San Diego Superior Court.
Bleyle is being charged with multiple charges of child molestation and the possession and distribution of child pornography. Prosecutors say that some of this pornography includes Bleyle having sex with children.
In an investigation of Bleyle’s Santee home, well over 100,000 mages of child pornography were found. Many videos include men and children engaging in full sexual intercourse. Prosecuters noted that some of the footage spanned the 10 years Blyle worked at the Children’s Hospital convalescent center.
Most of the victims in this case were children suffering from brain damage, unable to speak or move on their own.
Bleyle’s case is currently undergoing preliminary hearings.
The attorneys at Estey & Bomberger are currently representing clients in this case, and others associated with Children’s Hospital.
