"A Mountain View man already charged with drugging and sexually assaulting men he encountered at bars and his home-based barber business is accused in court documents of incapacitating his victims by spiking their drinks or knocking them out with chemicals. Nineteen men have separately alleged that 35-year-old Franklin Enrique Sarceno Orla assaulted them, with many describing how they awoke to the nightmarish scene of being immobilized while Sarceno Orla sexually penetrated or orally copulated them."
"Others recounted waking up nude or partially clothed, often at his apartment, with the defendant telling them that they drank too much and undressed themselves. They uniformly discovered clear signs such as bleeding and the inexplicable presence of bodily fluids that they had been sexually violated, sometimes confirmed after medical examinations. Even after Sarceno Orla was first arrested and charged in August 2024 with sexually assaulting a man earlier that summer, he apparently was not finished, according to prosecutors."
"Victims' accounts show that he planned to flee the country, but before he did he allegedly sexually assaulted two more men, then left for Guatemala, where he would spend about a year before he was extradited last week back to the Bay Area. Sarceno Orla was arraigned Monday on 43 sexual assault felonies spanning from 2018 to 2024, involving 19 adult male victims."
"The defendant did not speak during a brief hearing at the Palo Alto courthouse. An Oct. 14 court filing by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office requested Sarceno Orla be held in county jail without bail, citing the serial nature of the alleged crimes and his status as a fugitive for the past year. The filing also referenced charging enhancements accompanying some of the felony counts that allege he knowingly exposed victims to HIV."
Franklin Enrique Sarceno Orla is accused of drugging or chemically incapacitating men he met at bars and at his home-based barber business, then sexually assaulting them. Nineteen adult men separately allege assaults from 2018 through 2024, describing waking immobilized, nude or partially clothed, with bleeding and unexplained bodily fluids and medical confirmation in some cases. Prosecutors allege he assaulted additional victims after an earlier arrest, then fled to Guatemala for about a year before extradition. He was arraigned on 43 felony counts and faces enhancements alleging knowingly exposing victims to HIV. The district attorney sought no-bail detention, citing serial conduct and flight risk.
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