3 Men Held on Suspicion of Sex Offenses

Investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Sex Crimes Unit have arrested three men in South County in unrelated cases on suspicion of sex offenses against at least four girls, authorities announced Wednesday.

Salvador Mateo Estrada, 23, a transient, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of raping a mentally impaired 17-year-old girl, according to Lt. Dan Martini. Estrada, who gave his occupation as laborer, was being held at County Jail on $50,000 bond.

Laguna Hills attorney William Scott Ayers, 44, was arrested at his office Wednesday, on suspicion of sexually fondling a 12-year-old girl, Martini said. He was being held at County Jail on $150,000 bond.

On Tuesday, investigators arrested an Alta Loma retiree, 65-year-old Leroy Palmer Silks, on suspicion of sexually fondling at least two girls, ages 8 and 9, at Dana Crest Park in Dana Point, Martini said. Silks, who had been visiting his daughter in the area since January, was being held at County Jail on $10,000 bail.

In the course of investigating the incident, Martini said, police learned that two other area girls, ages 3 and 8, may have been molested by Silks.

Anyone with information regarding these incidents is asked to contact Sgt. Hal Brotheim or Investigator Mark Simon of the Sex Crimes Unit at (714) 647-7418 or (714) 647-7449. After-hours callers may contact the watch commander at (714) 647-7000.