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Posted by R. Scott Moxley in Citizen of the Week!, Crime & Sex, Moxley

April 30, 2008 12:00 PM

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style="float:left"> What 5-foot-3, 180-pound Gustavo Palmas Reyes of Anaheim lacks in English-speaking skills he makes up for in nerve. The construction worker arrived home drunk one night in July 2005 and beat his live-in girlfriend. She had made the mistake of cooking him dinner when he wasn’t hungry. Annoyed, the 42-year-old then left to drink alcohol and eat fried chicken with friends. Later that night, he came home to the couple’s one-bedroom apartment near Disneyland, where he stripped, molested and raped his girlfriend’s mute, developmentally disabled 12-year-old daughter. Caught in the act by the little girl’s horrified uncle, Reyes declared he’d gotten “vengeance” against his girlfriend. When police arrived, Reyes tried to blame the consumption of 13 beers and, perhaps sensing he wasn’t winning sympathy, finally suggested that he'd mounted the girl only to save her from an alleged epileptic seizure. The tale might have had a slight chance if his DNA hadn’t been found in the girl’s vagina. “Well, I’ve touched her,” he told a police detective the next day. “I’m not saying that I haven’t. But she likes me like you wouldn’t believe, that’s why I regret this.” He also declared himself “a normal person,” cried, noted his otherwise-clean criminal record, begged for “forgiveness” and suggested counseling as punishment. Police and prosecutors weren’t impressed. Based on their work, an Orange County jury convicted Reyes, who has a wife and kids in Mexico, on three felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor. For an hour's worth of stupidity, he won a free trip to a California prison. It’ll be his home for a decade.

(Wednesdays at OCWeekly.com discover the depths of human depravity in Orange County, California.)

-- R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly

Comments (21)

Inquiring Minds Want to Know! says:
April 30, 2008 09:37

Was there ever press coverage from the OC District Attorney or OC Register during this trial? Hard to find anything in a www.google.com search. Considering the heinous and violent nature of these crimes, one would think the DA and OC Register would have covered the matter.

Does anyone know? If so, please post here.

Inmate says:
April 30, 2008 09:41

This monster was in the OC jail on October 5, 2006, when John Derek Chamberlain was beaten to death. Reyes was sentenced to 10 years the day after Chamberlain was killed. wow... why would the inmates beat Chamberlain when there were so many other sexual abuse monsters to pick on???? Maybe someone targeted the wrong person!

el serracho says:
April 30, 2008 10:19

effin brilliant column and i love the devolution banner. please keep this updated.. heck it could support it's own blog.

Anonymous says:
April 30, 2008 12:10

FINALLY a reason to read this blog once a week!

easywriter says:
April 30, 2008 13:26

The f*cker has probably molested his own kids in Mexico, too.

Jaime says:
April 30, 2008 15:28

Sick people out there trying to justify their actions. Only one entry and I'm already fiending for another.

Good Job Moxley.

fry the alien says:
April 30, 2008 16:06

If the homies at San Quentin don't get this creep, may an ICE agent do a OC Jail turn on him.

Donkey lover says:
April 30, 2008 17:04

Does Gustavo Palmas Reyes like to take kids to Donkey Shows in Mexico?

Mike Oxbent says:
April 30, 2008 17:11

"NEW COLUMN: Citizen of the Week!"...awe man, this is gonna be good!

Bianca says:
April 30, 2008 17:58

Can we send him to jail in Mexico?? Why should we pay for their criminals to relax in our jails. He better get a job in there to pay some restitution, and then GO BACK HOME. I'm tired of you coming here and acting crazy. We latinos have PRIDE in our families and our lives. Stop making it bad for those of us who want a future here.

Nominees says:
April 30, 2008 18:23

Maybe the New Column should be named "Citizen of the Day".... the way things go here in the rich and infamous Orange County, California, there are MANY citizens that need to be acknowledged!!!!!

Just Wondering says:
April 30, 2008 20:32

I hope you will include corrupt cops and judges in this.

DevilsNightOut says:
April 30, 2008 20:45

Oh Sh_t! This is gonna be good.

I hope all the build up doesnt ruin this new feature. And I agree! A reason to justify checking this more than once a week...

DNO

ohnoonetogo says:
April 30, 2008 23:03

just your standard hard working christian, who has come here for a better life.........

moussaieff says:
May 1, 2008 05:21

dosen't just happen in OC.check out the daily rotten at rotten.com

sparky says:
May 1, 2008 07:42

Cum on, he "saves" a girl from a siezure by inserting SPERM in the vagina......Hope he thanks the heroes in prison for saving his ass from seizures

el serracho says:
May 1, 2008 09:01

let's make the next citizen of the week a nice rich white douche.. you know, like the couple of racist douchebags who commented here.

pretty please?

La Mer says:
May 1, 2008 15:00

something uplifting on the ocweekly site??

naaaaaahhhhhhhhh

Gustavo Arellano says:
May 1, 2008 15:10

We run food reviews, Mer--not positive enough for you?

La Mer says:
May 2, 2008 10:39

Hahah! Yes i guess I overlooked those. Unless its Edwin - he seems hard to please! haha

Uncle Wigglehips says:
May 2, 2008 18:29

I'm also worried about all the people thriving for more articles like this.

"OH YEAH! LOVE THEM CHILD MOLESTING STORIES! KEEP 'EM COMIN'!"

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