A 22-year-old Concord man who has two convictions for false imprisonment, two convictions for sexual battery, and one conviction for willful cruelty to child within the past year has been released from the Contra Costa County jail, according to court records.
Rafael Mendoza-Reyes was previously arrested in June of 2022 after police say he sexually assaulted an Alamo woman who was gardening in her front yard. He was convicted of sexual battery, false imprisonment and willful cruelty to a child in October, and released on probation after serving about four months in jail, according court records.
Then, in early December of 2022, Concord police say Mendoza-Reyes allegedly sexually assaulted and attempted to kidnap a woman who was walking on Minert Rd., near Oak Grove Rd.
The following day, police say the suspect returned and allegedly sexually assaulted another woman who was walking in the same area.
Concord Police were able to get a license plate number of the suspect’s car, which eventually led them to his home in Concord.
Later that day, Detectives arrested 22-year-old Rafael Mendoza-Reyes.
Mendoza-Reyes was originally charged with four felonies and two misdemeanors, but pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and sexual battery by restraint on April 27, and was released from jail last Thursday, according to court records.
He’s currently on probation, and was ordered to attend a 52 week mental health program.
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Keep this POS in prison where he belongs.
Do I have this right – four different crime sprees?
Is he a citizen or legal resident?
Progressives will lie and tell you were releasing casual pot smokers.
CoCo county where to do serious time ya have to kill someone.
Liberal voters, enjoy the fruits of your uninformed vote.
Candidate with most advertising won.
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If there is no threat of incarceration,
there is no deterrence to criminal behavior
Back on our streets in short order, charges reduced, plea bargain , to save cost of a trial.
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Why not send a clear and concise message to citizens of CoCo county,
rip out front Jail doors and replace them with a revolving door.
How are the voters of CCC so dumb? You actually want this on the streets? Don’t you care about your own children, wives, sisters or mothers? I really don’t get it…
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CC voters are dumb because they vote with their emotions rather than rationale and logic.
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How many lives will this guy have to mess up before they lock him up for good. Maybe some street justice will fix the issue
One can hope because the justice is anything but just
FOUR MONTHS? THAT IS CRAZY……
This is what you liberal fools get when you keep voting for Democrats. The police do the best job they can, only to have a liberal DA and liberal judge release them back into our community, so they can inflect more harm on innocent people.
What ever happened to the three strikes law? This useless piece of ca-ca should be spending a minimum of 20 years behind bars. Then after his release, if he is in the country illegally, he should be turned over to ICE and deported.
Give me a Republican who isn’t a seditionist, an election denier or use the word ‘woke’, and I’ll consider voting for him/her.
Find a democrat whose child has been molested or murdered and you’ll meet a newly registered Republican.
Oh, so because he has a mental health problem we have to let him back out on the streets to keep assaulting women?!?! THIS is insanity! The D.A. and the judge who agreed to these short punishments need some counseling or even psychiatric care.
The D A and judge need to be held responsible for the crimes this criminal commits. The victims should sue them for being partners in the crimes.
Nothing like living in a county run by slow learners.
Here’s Becton and Bonta’s revolving door! …. just remember – if you voted for them – this is what you wanted! … I sure didn’t …. everyone knows he should be wearing stripes….. but nooooooooooo , you voted against the recall and for incumbents.. again
Just remember, Rafael. Karma’s a bit(h.
Quit voting for anyone with a “D” after their name. If you don’t it’s going to continue to get worse.
Sounds like a good candidate for castration, and I’m not talking about chemically!
Do we know what the maximum sentence is for this kind of conviction? Jury trial or bench trial? Plea or conviction? Who was the judge? There are lots of moving parts. You can’t blame it all on Becton.
WRONG.
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Becton and her office could have rejected the plea and prosecuted the POS.
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This is why I went to all the trouble of getting a CCW permit. Never leave home without it now.
You do not need a CCW to legally carry a gun. Nope.. don’t believe all the BS the anti-gun people try to feed you.
Judge goldstein, who sentenced this guy spent 20 years as a public defender. He needs to not be re-elected .
So where is the Mutiny / Coup?
Why is the Sheriff Not upholding oath of office to keep the Public Safe???
Time to put him back behind bars.
Oh, and time to peacefully protest in front of Becton’s house!!
What is the Sheriff supposed to do with this guy? He was released by the probation/parole system.
What about the 9 dead at an Orinda party and Becton isnt doing anything.
The DA and libs in the swamp are to blame along with the people that voted for all this crap.
Your next Sheriff will be a Soros elected liberal with a citizen review board full of felons. Enjoy!
anytime some starts rambling about the sheriff upholding his oath of office, i always wonder if they know what they are talking about.
It shows how long he was incarcerated but I don’t see how long his sentence was suppose to be
What were the reasons for release?
Chris – both times his sentence was basically double what he served, but then he got credit for time served, and credit for good behavior, so they released him when they sentenced him. So both times he was sentenced to 8 months, but was released for time served after four months.
Would be interesting to know what jail population was to see if jail overcrowding contributed to release.
Don’t know where to find info daily jail population, how many convicted felons serving time length of sentences. If anyone knows please post URL.
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AB-109 changed where a sentenced convicted felon serves time for sentences over 367 days.
Sentences can now be served at county level instead of state prison reducing number of beds available.
Newsom ran on closing one prison. Two are closed, two more in the works, and Profressive Democrats talking about closing NINE more. Get ready.
These people are being victimized because of the liberal progressive Democrat voters in this state. Read what this guy has done then look in a mirror and say i voted for this.
I agree and add you can blame all the conservatives that don’t bother to vote.
Justice would be that the ONLY victims of crime are those that vote for policies that promote crime. And those who enforce those policies. And their family members.
I will print this story for my doctor so the next time she asks me why I can’t exercise by gardening or taking a walk, I can hand this to her.
The DA and Judges are keeping us prisoners in our homes and giving the criminals the freedom to terrorize the law abiding taxpayers.
I expect this kind of thing out of that idiot George Gascon. I was hoping, obviously naively, we wouldn’t see the same level of non justice in NorCal. I sit corrected.
He’s obviously related to someone who holds office.
As far as being released early for good behavior: Its likely easy to achieve good behavior in jail where there aren’t any children for him to molest. But hey, he has his rights, right?
Sadly, another unsuspecting family will be the Guinea pigs for this experiment, and the results will be tragic, yet again. Insanity.
And hopefully the “bleeding hearts” will enjoy the results of their votes, personally.
Why wait?
Out on the streets again – thanks to all of those that voted for Becton.
They are the supporters, enablers and promoters of crime and criminals(whether they know it or not).
What a sack of dogshirt. Soft on crime DA’s are ruining our cities and putting or kids in danger. Not OK
Too bad we can’t sue the courts for dereliction of duty or the harm they are doing to our society. The only thing we can do is vote them out and have term limits for judges/prosecutors.The pendulum needs to swing back toward sanity or we are doomed.
‘Chicago prosecutor quits citing city’s ‘social experiment’ with law and order: ‘ I will not raise my son here’ ‘
https://tinyurl.com/epyz2bv6
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Is what we’re being subjected to here in CoCo county and CA a social experiment?
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A while back Elon Musk made an observation,
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“If you scare people enough,
they will demand removal of freedom.”
—Elon Musk
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As crime becomes worse will society give up freedoms for promises of security
from those who allowed crime to spiral out of control ? ? ?
Next time release him at Benton’s street. See how she likes it then.
You aren’t Liam Neeson and you won’t be “hunting down” anyone big guy. Go to the range and drink a Pepsi.
What about me?
Former LASD Firestone Station Deputy.
Firestone 11R
Apparently you are unfamiliar with Ellie Nesler.
While the Attorney General is in Antioch have him drop by Concord to have a talk with Bectin.
Their conversation would sound something like this:
“Can you believe we are getting paid for this! Civil Service! No Accountability! My pension has gone exponential! Say, can you turn me on to a good tax guy, I need to hide some of this income.”
Expect more of this now that Joe has opened the floodgates. There aren’t enough police to protect the public from this vile form of human behavior. To top it off, these criminals are put back out on the streets to commit more crimes, instead of being deported. All you soft and woke hearted libs out there better wise up.
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