SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted yesterday of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman outside of a Fullerton nightclub.

Circumstances of the Case

• On the night of Sept. 2, 2015, Garcia approached Jane Doe in the parking lot of the InCahoots nightclub in Fullerton.
• The defendant led the victim to believe he was a peace officer by asking Jane Doe 1 if she had been drinking, administering a fake “field sobriety test” using a tongue compressor and a Q-Tip, and forcing the victim into the backseat of his vehicle.
• Garcia kidnapped Jane Doe 1 by binding the victim's hands together with zip ties to prevent her from escaping the car and driving for several miles.
• The defendant drove to a secluded location and sexually assaulted the victim, including but not limited to forcing the victim to orally copulate him, digitally penetrating, and sodomizing the victim.
• Garcia then returned the victim to the InCahoots parking lot.
• Earlier that same evening, Garcia also approached Jane Doe 2 while she was sitting in her car alone in the Incahoots parking lot.
• The defendant asked Jane Doe 2 whether she had been drinking, if she needed water, and if she needed a police escort home. Jane Doe 2 declined and drove away.
• On Sept. 9, 2015, two friends of Jane Doe 1 identified the defendant in the Incahoots parking lot and contacted the Fullerton Police Department (FPD), who investigated this case.
• FPD located and arrested the defendant at the scene along with a loaded gun, handcuffs, tongue depressors, Q-Tips, and zip ties, including cut zip ties on the rear floorboard of his vehicle.

Prosecutor: Deputy District Attorney Karyn Stokke, Sexual Assault Unit

Orange County District Attorney / Case # 15NF2479 / September 6, 2017