A 64-year-old Murrieta daycare operator accused of molesting several young girls multiple times over a four-year period must stand trial on nearly a dozen felony charges, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Marvin Alberto Ulloa was arrested in January following a weeks-long Murrieta Police Department investigation.
At the end of a preliminary hearing Tuesday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Johnnetta Anderson found there was sufficient evidence to bound Ulloa over for trial on nine counts of lewd acts on a minor, two counts of forced oral copulation of a child under 10 years old and sentence-enhancing allegations of targeting more than one victim in a sex crime.
The judge scheduled a post-preliminary hearing arraignment for Jan. 16 at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta. The defendant is being held in lieu of $11 million at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.
According to the police department, investigators were contacted on Jan. 7 regarding possible molestation perpetrated by the defendant on a girl identified in court documents only as “C.F.”
The alleged acts occurred at Ulloa Family Daycare, operated out of a residence in the 27700 block of Hackberry Street, near Clinton Keith Road, police said.
Court papers alleged that the girl was targeted between July 2020 and July 2023.
“C.F. was particularly vulnerable,” according to the criminal complaint. “It is alleged (the defendant) took advantage of a position of trust and confidence to commit the crimes.”
Detectives spent several weeks investigating the matter before gathering sufficient details to obtain and serve an arrest warrant at Ulloa’s home on Jan. 28.
After his arrest, evidence surfaced regarding other acts of molestation involving an unidentified child in 2024, resulting in additional charges being filed in March, court documents showed.
There was no record of registration for the daycare with the California Department of Social Services.
The defendant has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.
