A Newark man has been arrested and charged following an investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of a child who attended an in-home daycare in the unit block of Montvale Road.
According to the New Castle County Division of Police, detectives began investigating the case in August 2025 after receiving allegations involving incidents that reportedly occurred between 2016 and 2019. Investigators allege that 57-year-old Orlando Gonzalez-Jimenez subjected a child under the age of five to unlawful sexual contact while the victim attended an in-home daycare operated from his residence. Police said the alleged incidents occurred while the child was at the home for daycare services.
Detectives also allege that Gonzalez-Jimenez used threats of physical violence to coerce the child into engaging in unlawful sexual activity. Following the investigation, detectives obtained an arrest warrant.
On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, members of the New Castle County Police Fugitive Apprehension and Surveillance Team located Gonzalez-Jimenez at his Montvale Road residence and took him into custody without incident.
Gonzalez-Jimenez was transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters, where he was charged with three counts of Unlawful Sexual Contact in the First Degree, one count of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child, and one count of Terroristic Threatening.
He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $130,000 cash bail.
