A La Quinta man was sentenced Friday to 33 years to life in prison for molesting three young girls at a daycare center run out of his home.
John Calvin Arledge, 61, pleaded guilty March 8 to two felony counts of aggravated sexual assault on a minor and one felony count of lewd acts on a child under 14.
The charges stemmed from the now-shuttered ABC Day Care, which operated out of his home in the 45000 block of Carrie Lane between 2002 and 2006, when the children were between 3 and 6 years old, according to the criminal complaint.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department began investigating after it received a report of a sexual assault that allegedly occurred in 2006, the same year the daycare center stopped operating, sheriff’s Sgt. Jessica Vanderhoof said. The investigation turned up two additional victims, Vanderhoof said.
Prosecutors said the three children did not know each other, yet they independently described similar incidents of alleged molestation involving Arledge.
On April 20, 2017, deputies served a search warrant at the Carrie Lane address and placed Arledge under arrest.