A 21-year-old La Palma man pleaded not guilty Monday to sexually assaulting four victims dating back to 2015 in Tustin.
Matthew Michael Taylor was arrested Friday, a day after being charged with two counts of rape, and one count each of sexual penetration by a foreign object, statutory rape, forced sodomy and forcible oral copulation, all felonies, along with a misdemeanor statutory rape count.
Taylor, who also faces a sentence enhancement allegation for multiple victims, was ordered to return to court Nov. 26 for a pretrial hearing.
In August 2015, Taylor allegedly met an underage girl online and sexually assaulted her in a car parked at the District at Tustin Legacy shopping center, said Tustin police Lt. Bob Wright.
The victim reported the alleged assault when she returned to her home in the state of Washington, and authorities there contacted Tustin police, Wright said.
On March 11 of this year, Orange County sheriff’s deputies were called to a residence in Rancho Santa Margarita, where a 15-year-old girl reported she was sexually assaulted in a vehicle after she had been drinking, said Carrie Braun of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
Details on the other two alleged victims were not immediately available. A message left with the prosecutor on the case was not immediately returned.