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Police arrested a Mountain View man on suspicion of molesting at least three children and possessing child pornography that included images of toddlers. The man frequently used the Care.com app to get hired for babysitting jobs, according to police.
The man, identified as Victor Miller, 27, who was arrested by Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies on a weapons-related charge earlier this week, had been the subject of a cyber crime investigation by the Mountain View Police Department dating back to January this year.
Mountain View police were notified of the arrest and interviewed Miller before searching his home for evidence. Miller is believed to be connected with an online account containing nearly 100 images and videos of child pornography. Miller is also believed to have had sexually explicit conversations online with underage victims, according to a statement by police.
Detectives say Miller shared the images to at least one other person, according to police.
Miller is charged with two counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14; one count of arranging to meet with a minor for purposes of engaging in lewd and lascivious behavior with a child, and contacting and communicating with a minor with intent to commit a crime.
Miller is also facing two counts of possessing child pornography, and one count of distributing or exchanging child pornography. The weapons charge is for possession of a nunchaku.
Police said in a statement Friday that they are “extremely concerned” that there are additional victims in the area. Miller was reportedly an “avid” user of the website Care.com, which he used to get work as a babysitter, and also frequented Liveme.com, an app used by children that’s often a target of child predators, police said.
Miller was booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose on Tuesday, where he remains in custody without bail.
Anyone who may have been a victim or knows someone who may have been a victim is asked to call police Det. Angelica Espitia at angelica.espitia@mountianview.gov.
Really disgusting that he is using babysitting websites to find his victims. Do those websites have any background checks at all?
No background check will ever predict a first offense unles they ask they question, “Do you see yourself molesting children in the near future” and he honestly answers Yes.
I hope he never sees the light of day but will probably get released from jail like the rapist that just got released from jail earlier in the week due to Covid 19 . The justice system has failed the public.
Being held “without bail” is not the new “$0” bail for persons charged with lesser offenses. But the people who qualify for $0 bail is too broad. And a Court of Appeal just determined that trial courts could set bail for persons arrested for those lesser offenses appropriately. So judges should be working on those criminal cases. Civil cases can wait. As to background checks, start there but never hand a child to a male babysitter unsupervised. Never.
Hope care.com provides a list of people who hired this degenerate.
I reported this guy in late 2017 to Mountain View Police department with credible evidence multiple times! Mountain View Police Department ignored this multiple times! I repeatedly sent them new accounts this guy was setting up on care.com and they failed to follow up
Yeah, I had an experience like this too. You give them good information and they just drop the ball.
Are the MV police just part-time volunteers? See their compensation at TransparentCalifornia.com. Stop electing city council members who do nothing but hand out raises every year to everybody.
No bail is not zero bail you are so correct stop electing city council members that dont put the citizens first . Even when the police get credible information they do nothing with it and children get scared for life not what I call justice .
I see online at the “case portal information” for the courts in just Santa Clara County that a “Victor Joshua Miller” has a misdemeanor case filed 4-29-20 (Case No. B2001337), and a felony case filed 4-24-2020 (Case No. B2001283)- both set for further hearing on July 20, 2020 in Dept. 88 (Palo Alto. Plus, a man by that name, had a felony case filed 4/19/2017 (Case No. F1764313) that went to a “mental health treatment court” and was dismissed (evidently on 3-7-2019) – CURED I GUESS- plus a misdemeanor case filed 6-28-2016 (Case No. C1641075). The charges are not shown online. I also see a criminal case online in SAN MATEO COUNTY filed 10-4-2017 – PC 148.5 making false police report (Case No. 17-NM-012241-A). Have not tried to check other counties.
Police searched his home…WHERE DID HE LIVE? This would seem to be an obvious piece of information that should be made available. Is he a long time resident, how long has he lived in Mountain View? I would like to know if this predator lives nearby. How long has he lived in Mtn View? Where is he from? This is a matter of public safety, his privacy is a non-issue. He gave that up when he decided to become a child molester.
He is on multiple nanny sites…some say 6 years experience so has been doing this for awhile…
https://www.nannylane.com/nanny-listing/victor-m
http://daycare.sulekha.com/mountain-view-ca/care-services/professional-nanny-198730
https://sitter.com/babysitter-daycare-mountain-view-ca