A Redwood City man accused of molesting two children and communicating with three others with the intent of engaging in a sex act last year is facing 24 felony counts after 11 other victims came forward with reports of similar conduct in the months since he was charged in September, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Angel Leopoldo Gutierrez Monney, 32, pleaded not guilty to his additional charges Friday when he appeared in court and remains in custody on $2 million bail. He will next appear in court April 16 for Superior Court arraignment, according to prosecutors.
Monney was taken into custody after a friend of one of the first five victims who stepped forward, male students between the ages of 10 and 13 at Tierra Linda Middle School in San Carlos, told his father about Monney’s suspicious behavior in September, according to prosecutors and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
Monney allegedly did not meet the students through the school, and was employed as a ride-hailing driver and part-time baby sitter with a child care website, according to prosecutors and sheriff’s detectives.
Believed to have befriended the children and their parents as a baby sitter, Monney is said to have driven the boys home from school, taken them to movies and slept over at some of their homes and invited at least four of them to sleep over at his home between May 1 and Sept. 6, according to prosecutors.
He allegedly touched the genitals of two of the victims during sleepovers in May of 2018 and sent Snapchats to the three other victims requesting photos of them. A friend of one of the victims allegedly told his father about Monney regularly purchasing video games and gifts for the boys and hanging out with children much younger than him, causing the man to call the Detective Bureau in September to report a possible child predator, according to prosecutors and sheriff’s detectives.
Those who have had contact with Monney are encouraged to call Detective. J. Myers at 363-4050 or Detective. J. Fava at 363-4192.
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