Overview
- Investigators say that on Feb. 3, Ruben Guzman messaged an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old, acknowledged the age, offered money for sex, and arranged to pick up the minor in San José.
- Officers took Guzman into custody when he arrived for the meeting, and a search of him and his vehicle turned up items described as consistent with a planned encounter.
- Guzman was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on a charge of communicating with a minor for sex, and subsequent jail records showed he was no longer in custody.
- San José’s multi‑agency Internet Crimes Against Children task force made 11 arrests between Feb. 3 and 6 on suspected child‑exploitation offenses, a Super Bowl‑week surge that researchers have found does not correlate with proven trafficking spikes.
- Sunrise Middle School said the administrator was immediately removed, will have no contact with students, and that there is no information indicating Sunrise students were involved, as police seek tips in the ongoing investigation.