A 63-year-old Murrieta daycare operator accused of molesting a young girl several times over a three-year span was charged Thursday with lewd acts on a minor and other offenses.
Marvin Alberto Ulloa was arrested Tuesday following a weeks-long Murrieta Police Department investigation.
Along with lewd acts, Ulloa is charged with two counts of forced oral copulation of a child under 10 years old.
He’s being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Byrd Detention Center and was slated to make his initial court appearance Thursday afternoon at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.
According to the Murrieta Police Department, investigators were contacted on Jan. 7 regarding possible molestation perpetrated by the defendant on a girl identified in court documents only as “C.F.”
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.
Court papers allege the girl was targeted between July 2020 and July 2023.
“C.F. was particularly vulnerable,” according to the criminal complaint. “It is alleged (the defendant) took advantage of a position of trust and confidence to commit the crimes.”
Detectives spent several weeks investigating the matter before gathering sufficient details to obtain and serve an arrest warrant on Ulloa on Tuesday afternoon at the business.
There was no record of registration for the daycare with the California Department of Social Services.
The defendant has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.