Former Baldwin Park Wrestling Coach Pleads No Contest in Sex-Related Case

A former Baldwin Park wrestling coach pleaded no contest Monday to sex-related charges involving two boys.

Herbert Daniel Ortiz Monroy, who was extradited from Mexico, pleaded no contest to one count each of oral copulation of a person under 16 involving one boy and committing a lewd act on a child involving the other boy, according to Jean Guccione of the District Attorney's Office.

Initially, Herbert Daniel Ortiz, a wrestling coach from Baldwin Park pleaded not guilty in January in connection to the charges.

Ortizmonroy is facing three years and eight months in prison, with sentencing set for July 2, according to Guccione.

Ortizmonroy, now 30, was turned over to Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives last November after a flight from Guadalajara.

Ortizmonroy, who had also run a children's wrestling program in Rosemead, came to the attention of Mexican immigration authorities after walking into a U.S. consulate in Mexico in an attempt to obtain a visa to travel to Guatemala.

A routine check determined that he was wanted by sheriff's detectives and he was detained.

The allegations came to light after one of the victims ran across Ortizmonroy's Facebook account and made a video incorporating some of the Facebook material, and the other boy saw the music montage on YouTube, according to a statement released by the District Attorney's Office after the charges were filed.

The crimes occurred in Rosemead, El Monte and Baldwin Park, according to Capt. Mike Parker from the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department.

- City News Service and Patch Staff

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