Costa Mesa police arrest molestation suspect

COSTA MESA - Police arrested a 19-year-old Huntington Beach man

Wednesday evening under the suspicion of molesting two young boys in the

restroom of a fast-food restaurant, officials said.

David Anthony Tinoco reportedly approached two young boys, who are

brothers, in the restroom of a McDonald’s restaurant in South Coast Plaza

in the 3300 block of Bristol Street at about 6:50 p.m., said Costa Mesa

Police Lt. Dale Birney.

“He made physical contact with one of the boys and attempted to

prevent the other from leaving the toilet area,” he said.

Tinoco was being held by South Coast Plaza security officers after the

boys’ mother complained, Birney said. Tinoco was arrested on suspicion of

committing a lewd act in a public place, loitering about a toilet

facility, annoying and molesting a child and false imprisonment, which

means to hold someone in a confined place against his or her will.

He was scheduled to be arraigned at Harbor Justice Center Thursday,

but that was postponed to June 21. Tinoco is being held in Orange County

Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.