Former Santa Ana elementary after-school instructor pleads guilty to molesting 4 girls

A 25-year-old after-school instructor pleaded guilty Tuesday, Dec. 10, to molesting four girls in Santa Ana.

Eddy Bustamante Infante of Santa Ana pleaded guilty to four counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14, according to court records. A fifth count of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14 and a count of oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child 10 years or younger were dismissed, according to court records.

Infante is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 7 in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.

He had worked as an after-school teacher at Greenville Elementary School beginning in 2015. All of his victims were students under his care.

Infante was initially arrested Oct. 5, 2018, on suspicion of sexually assaulting three girls, Santa Ana Police Department Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. He was released after posting $1 million bail, but taken back into custody just five days later after a fourth victim came forward and spoke with investigators. She told authorities Infante sexually assaulted her when she was 6 years old.

He also admitted to sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl and a 10-year-old girl between August 2016 and June 2017 and a 9-year-old girl between August 2015 and June 2017, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

Staff writer Eric Licas contributed to this report.