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19-year-old man in Greenfield Taken Into Custody for Allegedly Raping a 12-year-old

 

According to the Soledad Police Department, Officers were called in on November 21 to a report of annoying messages between a 12-year-old child and 19-year-old Nathaniel Diaz. After looking over the information, the case was then sent over to the Soledad PD's Investigations Division to look over further. Soledad Police Detectives and a Forensic Interviewer from The Bates Eldridge Clinic at Natividad Medical Center spoke with the 12-year-old child and they determined that numerous sex crimes had taken place between the child and the suspect on several occasions in Soledad and in Greenfield. On Tuesday, November 29 Monterey County Superior Court issued a search warrant which was executed by the Soledad Police Department with the assistance of the Greenfield Police Department and the King City Police Department on the evening of November 29 on the 600 block of Madera Avenue in Greenfield. Family members were cooperative and assisted detectives with contacting the suspect who later turned himself in to Soledad Police Detectives at the Soledad Police Department. 


Nathaniel Diaz was interviewed, arrested and was later booked into the Monterey County Jail charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault - Rape of a Minor, Lewd Acts on a Minor, Oral Copulation of a Minor, Sexual Penetration of a Minor, Arranging a Meeting with a Minor for the purpose of sex, Possession of Child Pornography, Child Abuse and Criminal Threats. 


Police Detectives believe that there may be other victims in Soledad and Greenfield. Anyone with additional information can contact Detective Santiago at 831-223-5139, Detective Solis at 831-223-2176 or the We Tip Line at 1-800-782-7463. Your call can remain aanonymous. 

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