Marvin Alberto Ulloa was arrested Jan. 28 following a weeks-long Murrieta Police Department investigation.

Ulloa is charged with lewd acts on a minor and two counts of forced oral copulation of a child under 10 years old.

He pleaded not guilty last week during an arraignment before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Judith Clark, who scheduled a bail review hearing for Feb. 7 at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta to consider a defense motion for a reduction of the current $1 million bond requirement.

The motion is based on the defendant’s lack of prior criminal history. He’s being held at the Byrd Detention Center.

According to police, 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 allege 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.

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.

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