Police: alleged child molester met victims on Myspace

By Jaclyn O’Malley • jomalley@rgj.com • July 25, 2008 A 22-year-old Sparks man jailed this week on charges of child sex abuse and child pornography, met his alleged victims through MySpace.com, a popular Internet networking site, according to court records. Angel Eduardo Leyva, who is unemployed and lives with his father, remained in the Washoe County Jail on Friday in lieu of $115,000 cash bail on multiple charges of statutory sexual seduction, sexual assault, luring children, use of a minor in the production of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Leyva is accused of having sex with a minor girl multiple times since May 2007, and then coercing her and two other girls to e-mail him nude and suggestive photos to his account at “whatyoulongfor@yahoo.com.” A phone call to his father seeking comment Friday went... [read full story]