Jose Luis Moncada, of Desert Hot Springs, was arrested last year and charged with eight counts of committing lewd acts with three children under 14 years old. The crimes occurred between 2004 and 2010, according to authorities. Moncada has pleaded not guilty to all counts and is currently out of custody on electronic monitoring. He has no other criminal history in Riverside County.
Separately, two women who say they were victimized by Moncada filed a civil suit last week against both the Palm Springs and Coachella Valley Unified school districts. The plaintiffs, identified in court documents only as Jane Doe 1 and 2, say the districts had received reports of abuse but did not handle them properly and inform law enforcement.