Santa Barbara Man Arrested for Alleged Sexual Assault of Massage Clients, Police Search for More Victims

Source: Santa Barbara Police Department

Forty-three-year-old Bernardo Rojas Ruiz, of Santa Barbara, is currently in custody in the Santa Barbara County Jail and charged with two counts of felony unlawful sexual penetration and one count of misdemeanor sexual battery. The charged offenses occurred on June 6, 2021 and October 31, 2021. Both incidents occurred at Rojas Ruiz’s unlicensed massage therapy business which he has operated out of 1426 San Andres Street, a party supplies and gifts store on Santa Barbara’s Westside.

The Santa Barbara Police Department and District Attorney’s Office are seeking the public’s help in identifying any additional victims or witnesses with knowledge of Rojas Ruiz’s criminal sexual acts.

If you have any information regarding Rojas Ruiz’s illegal massage therapy business or if you are a victim, please contact Investigator Judi Hall at the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office at (805) 568-2360.


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Bernardo Rojas Ruiz, de cuarenta y tres años de edad, de la ciudad de Santa Bárbara, se encuentra actualmente bajo custodia en la Cárcel del Condado de Santa Barbara y acusado de dos cargos de delito grave de penetración sexual ilegal y un cargo de delito menor de agresión sexual. Los delitos imputados ocurrieron el 6 de junio de 2021 y el 31 de octubre de 2021. Ambos incidentes ocurrieron en el negocio sin licencia para terapia de masaje de Rojas Ruiz que ha operado en 1426 San Andres Street, una tienda de artículos para fiestas y regalos en el lado oeste de Santa Bárbara.

El Departamento de Policía de Santa Bárbara y la Oficina del Fiscal de Distrito buscan la ayuda del público para identificar a otras víctimas o testigos con conocimiento de los actos sexuales criminales de Rojas Ruiz.

Si tiene alguna información sobre el negocio ilegal de terapia de masajes de Rojas Ruiz o si es una víctima, comuníquese con la Investigadora Judi Hall en la Oficina del Fiscal del Distrito de Santa Bárbara al (805) 568-2360.

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  1. This guy has a long criminal rap sheet. One would think he had learned his lesson at one point. Now once again he has to pay the piper the American Justice way. When he appears in court, the judge should make him sit in the corner of the courtroom wearing a “Dunce Cap”.

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