12-30-2009, 02:13 PM
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Bishop arrested
Bishop shot in robbery attempt arrested
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December 30, 2009
By JOHN ASBURY
The Press-Enterprise
A church bishop shot earlier this year in an attempted robbery was arrested on suspicion of selling narcotics.
Authorities served a search warrant Tuesday at the Our Lady of Tepeyec Church in Home Gardens, outside Corona, where sheriff's investigators found evidence he was selling narcotics from the church, according to a Riverside County sheriff's report.
Police arrested Antony Martinez Garduno, 51, of Home Gardens on suspicion of burglary, selling narcotics, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a controlled substance, sheriff's officials said.
Authorities began investigating Garduno after a Dec. 21 report alleging sexual assault on children at the church in the 13000 block of Magnolia Avenue, according to the report.
A man told authorities he was molested by Garduno when he was 17. The accusing victim said he also knew of other victims.
The man also told authorities that Garduno sold methamphetamine, the report stated.
At the church, sheriff's deputies found evidence related to the sexual assault allegation, the report says.
Sheriff's officials are looking for possible victims who may have been molested. Detectives are investigating if the sexual assaults may have occurred without the victims' knowledge or while they were under the influence of drugs, Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez said.
Five men are charged with attempted murder and robbery when Garduno was shot in September at the church shortly after 10 p.m. Deputies said Garduno confronted the men in an attempted robbery when he was shot.
The five men were arrested after a police chase and the end of a Denny's robbery spree that ran from Los Angeles to Norco.
"At the time we thought it was a random incident, but now we believe the suspects may have known the Bishop kept narcotics and large amounts of cash at the church," Gutierrez said.
Authorities do not know if any of the men are possible victims of sexual assault.
Authorities are asking anyone with information or who has claimed to be a potential victim of sexual assault to call the Jurupa Valley sheriff's station at 951-955-2600.
-- John Asbury
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