A 74-year-old Coachella man who molested two female family members pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of lewd acts on a child under 14 years old.
Ysidro Anaya Sanchez admitted the felony counts under a pretrial agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. No charges were dismissed under the plea.
Superior Court Judge Charles Rogers scheduled a sentencing hearing for Aug. 18 at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. The proposed term of imprisonment was not disclosed.
Sanchez is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail at the Robert Presley Jail.
According to prosecutors, he groped one relative, a girl whose identity was not disclosed, between June 2015 and June 2016, and molested the other girl, also a relation not identified, in July and August 2019.
The defendant was arrested on Jan. 15, 2020, following a sheriff’s department investigation initiated after one of the victims came forward.
Sheriff’s Investigator Prezell Burgie wrote in a bail-setting declaration that Sanchez admitted to detectives that he had a “problem” with his sexual impulses.
“I asked him if his `problem’ is touching young girls, and he said `yes,”’ Burgie said.
No other details were provided.
Sanchez had no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.