Arroyo Grande police arrest man after he allegedly arranged to meet with a teenager
A Santa Maria man was arrested last month after allegedly showing up at a location in Arroyo Grande for an arranged meeting with a teen he thought was 15-year-old.
Kent Solorio Feliciano, 27, pleaded not guilty in San Luis Obispo Superior Court Wednesday to two felony charges of arranging and meeting a minor for lewd purposes.
The criminal complaint filed by the District Attorney’s Office on Feb. 28 alleges that Feliciano “did unlawfully and motivated by an unusual and abnormal sexual interest in children,” arrange a meeting with a person whom he believed to be 15 years old, “to engage in lewd and lascivious behavior.”
He was arrested by Arroyo Grande police on Feb. 19, according to court records.
Arroyo Grande Police Chief Beau Pryor did not respond to several requests for comment on the case throughout the week.
Feliciano’s defense attorney, Adrienne Haddad, also did not return a request for comment late Wednesday.
Jail logs did not show Feliciano in custody as of Monday.
Last year, a former pastor from Canada was tried in San Luis Obispo Superior Court and found guilty by a jury of one felony charge of meeting with a minor after coordinating online to rendezvous for sex at an undisclosed location with what turned out to be an Arroyo Grande police detective.
Nathan Rieger, 54, was sentenced in February 2019 to two years in a California prison. He was no longer listed in California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation custody as of Monday.
Feliciano is due back in court March 16.
