Overview
- Police say the suspect posed as a rideshare driver, offered to help an intoxicated woman get home, then drove her to the Newport Boulevard and East 21st Street area and sexually assaulted her before dropping her elsewhere.
- Investigators identified the suspect as Felipe Rico-Ceballos, 43, of Ontario, following the hospital report that initiated the case.
- Rico-Ceballos was taken into custody on March 5 and now faces multiple counts, including sexual assault and kidnapping, filed by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
- Authorities say he worked for a rideshare company and believe there could be additional victims in Southern California.
- Costa Mesa police asked anyone with information to contact Detective E. Peralta at 714-754-5039 or Sergeant J. Jacobi at 714-754-5352.