MAN SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KIDNAPPING AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING WOMAN OUTSIDE FULLERTON NIGHTCLUB

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Case # 15NF2479

Date: September 27, 2017

MAN SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KIDNAPPING AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING WOMAN OUTSIDE FULLERTON NIGHTCLUB

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 32 years to life in state prison today for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman outside of a Fullerton nightclub.

Defendant	Charges	Sentence
Nelson Mauricio Lunaty Garcia, 34, Chino Hills	Found guilty by a jury on Sept. 6, 2017, of the following counts: Felony Kidnapping to commit a sex offense Forcible oral copulation Sexual penetration by foreign object and force Sodomy by force Attempted forcible rape Attempted kidnapping to commit a sex offense Misdemeanor Carrying loaded firearm on person or in vehicle in public place (4) Assault   Sentencing Allegations Found True (3) Substantially increased risk of harm to the victim (3) Kidnapping	32 years to life in state prison   Mandatory lifetime sex offender registration pursuant to PC 290

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