A 63-year-old Murrieta day care operator suspected of molesting a child in his care was behind bars Wednesday.
Marvin Alberto Ulloa was arrested and booked into the Byrd Detention Center Tuesday on suspicion of lewd acts on a minor and oral copulation of a child under 10 years old.
Ulloa is being held in lieu of $1 million bail. His case was under review Wednesday by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.
According to the Murrieta Police Department, investigators were contacted on Jan. 7 regarding possible molestation perpetrated by the suspect on a young girl, whose name was not disclosed.
The alleged acts occurred at Ulloa Family Daycare, operated out of a residence in the 27700 block of Hackberry Street, near Clinton Keith Road, police said.
Detectives spent several weeks investigating the matter before gathering sufficient details to obtain and serve an arrest warrant on Ulloa Tuesday afternoon at the business.
There was no record of registration of the day care with the California Department of Social Services.
Background information on Ulloa was unavailable.