Location: Ave 326 and Lincoln Road in Visalia
Incident Date: 3/24/19
Case Number: 19-05029
City: Visalia
Posted by: Media Relations
On April 24th, 2019 a Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputy was in the area Ave 326 and Lincoln Road in Visalia when a good Samaritan waived down the Deputy. The Good Samaritan told the deputy that a man, who had just run off, had walked up to a six-year-old girl and touched and groped her after she got off a school bus. The Deputy found the man and immediately arrested him.
Detectives with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit were called to the scene and took over the investigation. During the investigation, Detectives identified the suspect as Luis Roque, who lives in the area of where the crime happened and is known to Deputies. Roque was arrested and booked at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Adult Pre-Trial Facility on charges of lewd acts upon a child.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Brandee Robinson at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office at 1-800-808-0488 or anonymously at tcso@tipnow.com or by text or voicemail at 559-725-4194.