Riverside Daycare Operator to Stand Trial on Molestation Charges

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA -- A 50-year-old Riverside man accused of sexually assaulting a girl at a home-based daycare facility must stand trial on three felony counts of lewd acts on a child under 10 years old, a judge ruled on Friday.

Hubert David Edgin was arrested last September following a Riverside police investigation centered at his residence on Sun Court, near Patterson Park, in the city's Eastside area. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Bambi Moyer ruled that sufficient evidence was presented at Edgins' preliminary hearing to warrant a trial on the charges.

Edgin is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta. He's due back in court on April 18 for a post-preliminary hearing arraignment at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

According to Officer Ryan Railsback, the police department's Sexual Assault Child Abuse unit initiated an investigation in early September after receiving a report that the young girl, whose identity was not disclosed, had allegedly been sexually assaulted.

Railsback said the child had been left at the unlicensed daycare operated by Edgin and his family multiple times over a two-year period. The girl broke down and told her family what had allegedly transpired, he said.

City News Service contributed to this report.