Location: Pixley

Incident Date: 7/9/2020

Case Number: 20-08482

City: Pixley

Posted by: Media Relations

Pixley Man Uses Social Media to Contact 14-Year-Old Girl, Then Tries to Meet Up With Her

After a 24-hour investigation, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Cyber-Crimes Unit arrested 26-year-old Ricardo Olmos of Pixley on July 9, 2020 for arranging to meet a minor for sex and for sending obscene images to a minor. Through their investigation, Detectives learned Olmos contacted a 14-year-old girl on social media, sent lewd pictures of himself and tried to meet up with her for sex.

Olmos is currently being held on a $100,000 dollar bail at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office South County Detention Facility.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Christopher Franks at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Cyber-Crimes Unit, (559) 687-7021. You can also call 24 hours a day at (559) 733-6218, or anonymously, by accessing the TipNow page at tcso@tipnow.com / (559) 725-4194.