{"id":8350,"date":"2026-09-03T19:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8350"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:41:36","slug":"the-girl-in-horrifying-monterey-county-case-is-a-victim-da-says-so-why-is-there-a-warrant-for-her-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8350","title":{"rendered":"The girl in horrifying Monterey County case is a victim, DA says. So why is there a warrant for her arrest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Amid the attention to a horrifying Monterey County case, the district attorney made a statement about the arrest warrant for a 14-year-old girl thought to have given birth on a roadside.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8348\">San Jose: Bicyclist dies following collision with vehicle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize that the 14-year-old is a victim of her father\u2019s abuse,\u201d said the statement Wednesday from Jeannine M. Pacioni, who clarified that the office was not involved in the warrant for the juvenile \u201cJane Doe\u201d and has not made any decision about a charge against her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur priority is to ensure that this young girl is safe and has access to the support and services she needs,\u201d Pacioni said.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office announced this week that it had obtained warrants in the \u201cBaby Angelita\u201d case for the arrest of the teen and her father\u00a0\u2014 who is also believed to have fathered the newborn found dead near the road.<\/p>\n<p>The warrant for the father, Sergio Galvez Perez, 36, is on charges including incest and lewd acts with a minor. The warrant for Jane Doe is for murder.<\/p>\n<p>Pacioni said the warrant was of a type \u2014 a Ramey warrant \u2014 that a law enforcement agency obtains through a court without review or approval by the district attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8346\">Partial verdict for San Mateo couple accused of trafficking Chinese nanny<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She did emphasize that her office has filed criminal charges against the father for \u201cthe heinous crime of sexually assaulting his own child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday, neither of the two had been apprehended. The sheriff\u2019s office said the father is \u201cpreventing law enforcement from locating\u201d the girl.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said Monday that Ofelia Garcia Ortega, 36, had been arrested on suspicion of child endangerment in relation to the case. The DA\u2019s office identified the woman as the teen\u2019s mother and said it is reviewing possible charges against her.<\/p>\n<p>The newborn was found Aug. 1 along a road in the Moss Landing area. \u201cDetectives developed evidence indicating that a juvenile female gave birth to Baby Angelita along the side of the road and placed her on the ground before leaving the area,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8345\">George Clooney backs Mark Ruffalo\u2019s right \u2018to speak freely\u2019 against Ellisons, Paramount-Warner Bros. deal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The district attorney made a statement about the arrest warrant for a 14-year-old girl thought to have given birth on a roadside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The girl in horrifying Monterey County case is a victim, DA says. 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