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Vegas man arrested for sexual assault in Calif.

Posted at 12:06 PM, May 09, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-09 18:54:07-04

A Las Vegas man has been arrested for sexually assaulting girls for decades in California.

49-year-old Martin Rodriguez Garcia was taken into custody on Thursday in Las Vegas, according to Los Angeles Times.

It is believed that he assaulted numerous girls between 1990 and 2011, mostly in the Huntington Beach area.  The girls are believed to have been between the ages of 5 and 13 at the time.

The Huntington Police Department and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department worked together to arrest Garcia.

Police believe there may be more victims. Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Jeff Godspeed at 714-375-5066.