Novato Man Faces Child Molestation Charges: Report

Novato CA

13 June, 2022

1:34 PM

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NOVATO, CA — A Marin man is facing child molestation charges in connection with a case involving a 14-year-old victim, The Marin Independent Journal reports. Brett Emmanuel Ortiz, 58 of Novato, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of multiple sex crimes and making threats, according to the report. The crimes occurred over a four-month period in 2018 between July 1 to Nov. 1, the report said. Ortiz has prior convictions for committing lewd acts on a child in Kern County in 1989 and for indecent exposure in Marin County in 1999, prosecutors said, according to the report. Read more in The Marin Independent Journal Correction: A previous version of this article said the alleged incidents occurred last year. They occurred in 2018.