David Sanabria of Perris on Wednesday admitted two counts of possession of child porn and one count of contacting a minor for the purpose of committing a criminal offense under a plea agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors agreed to drop three related charges against Sanabria in exchange for his admissions.

Superior Court Judge Gary Polk scheduled a sentencing hearing for Nov. 21 at the Riverside Hall of Justice. The plea deal specifies 365 days in county jail, two years’ felony probation and lifetime status as a sex registrant under Penal Code section 290, which prescribes restrictions on where convicted sex offenders can work, with whom they can interact and where they can stay.

According to sheriff’s Investigator David Schell, Sanabria was first arrested last November following an investigation that uncovered instances in which he had sent sexually explicit material to minors, whose identities were not disclosed.

The defendant tried to arrange a meeting with one of the victims, with whom he was communicating via social media, but was unsuccessful, according to court papers.

He posted bond at the time, and one of the conditions of his release was that he not visit places where minors were gathered.

Schell said that Sanabria did just that, ” attending several churches in Riverside County (where he was) around and with children” in the congregation. That led to the defendant being re-arrested in April and held in lieu of $250,000 bail at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.

He has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.

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Salvador Gonzalez pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns.

The plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office was announced during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal at the federal courthouse in downtown Riverside. Bernal scheduled a sentencing hearing for Oct. 7.

Each count carries a maximum three-year prison term.

Gonzalez remains free on bond.

He was arrested in March 2023 after a federal grand jury handed down a 47-count indictment.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the defendant operated Grace’s Lighthouse Resource Center Inc., and from 2016 to 2021, he “prepared income tax returns for individuals and corporate clients to submit to the IRS that claimed tens of thousands of dollars in bogus business losses.”

“Gonzalez directed his clients to create a phony corporation and to title their homes, cars and other assets in the name of the corporation,” the agency stated. “Gonzalez then referred those clients to an associate to prepare these sham corporations’ tax returns.”

Prosecutors said the defendant arranged for customers to submit business and personal expenses, including mortgage and car payments, as well as utility bills, indicating a “loss” at the end of every tax cycle.

“Gonzalez then prepared the clients’ individual income tax returns, which incorporated the fraudulent business losses and offset their income,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. “To further reduce the clients’ taxes owed to the IRS, Gonzalez fabricated deductions on the personal returns such as unreimbursed employee expenses, cash contributions to charity and medical and dental expenses.”

The defendant’s fees were initially $500 per return, but in 2019, he converted the payment for services to 1% of customers’ adjusted gross incomes, prosecutors said.

The case was investigated by the IRS.

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