The investigation was launched in mid-May after police learned that three children may have been physically abused by their parents, according to the Riverside Police Department. By then, the children had already been removed by Riverside County Child Protective Services and placed in temporary foster care.

During the child abuse investigation, detectives also suspected the parents were trafficking illegal narcotics from the home.

On July 15, detectives served a search warrant at the home in the 7900 block of Magnolia Avenue. During the search, investigators seized more than 900 grams of suspected heroin, more than 300 grams of cocaine, about 155 grams of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, and nearly 200 grams of suspected fentanyl pills, according to the department.

Investigators also found a large amount of cash and packaging materials, police said.

Investigators said that the drugs were found in areas easily accessible to the children, and detectives believe the children were exposed to the manufacturing and distribution of the narcotics.

The children’s parents, identified as Miguel Jacobo, 31, and Alma Dominguez, 34, were arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center.

Jacobo was charged with multiple felony charges, including narcotics violations, child abuse and child endangerment. Dominguez was charged with felony child endangerment. Both were being held without bail.

The investigation was ongoing.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to contact Detective Jennifer Cappelen at 951-353-7950 or JCappelen@RiversideCA.gov. Anonymous tips may also be submitted through the department’s Atlas 1 mobile app, which is available on both Apple and Android devices.

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Elvin Paul Vereau of Riverside was arrested Tuesday following an investigation by the Riverside Police Department’s Child Abuse-Sexual Assault Unit.

Along with the two lewd acts counts, Vereau is charged with forcible sexual penetration of a minor, false imprisonment and perpetrating three or more sexual acts on a child.

The defendant, who is being held in lieu of $2 million bail at the Smith Correctional Facility, was slated to make his initial court appearance Friday afternoon at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

According to the Riverside Police Department and court records, Vereau, a contract “special academic instructor” for the Redlands Unified School District, came under investigation Sunday after patrol officers were sent to investigate reports of a family disturbance at his residence in the Orangecrest neighborhood.

Officer Ryan Railsback said that while the patrolmen were questioning members of the household about the conflict, “they learned a female juvenile had been sexually abused by Vereau over several years.”

Court documents did not specify the exact relationship between the girl, identified only as “T.R.,” and the defendant, saying only that he took “advantage of a position of trust to commit the offenses.”

The alleged assaults were interspersed, beginning in August 2012 and ending in May 2025, records showed.

Railsback said that the case was turned over to SACA detectives, who conducted follow-up interviews, gathering sufficient evidence to arrest Vereau after he went to the department’s Magnolia Station for further questioning.

“These alleged crimes occurred in both Riverside and Redlands, and investigators believe there may be additional victims who have not yet come forward,” Railsback said.

He said Vereau’s most recent teaching assignment was at Citrus Valley High School in Redlands.

The defendant has been placed on administrative leave.

He has no documented prior felony convictions in California.

Anyone with details relevant to the investigation was urged to contact the SACA investigative team at 951-353-7609.

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