Former Santa Ana Unified Coach Pleads Guilty To Sex With Students

ORANGE COUNTY, CA -- A former Santa Ana Unified School District high school volleyball coach pleaded guilty to having sex with four girls and has been sentenced to a year in jail.

He will also be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Omar Rojas, 28, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty on Friday, June 7 to having sex with four teen girls. He had a year's worth of credit behind bars since his arrest in August, but agreed to waive it as part of his plea deal, according to court records.

Rojas was arrested in August 2018 and accused of having sex with three teenage girls on his team. A fourth victim was added to charges later.

Rojas had sex with two 17-year-old girls and a 15-year-old girl who were on the volleyball team at Century High School in 2015, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said in August.

``He would have the victims excused from class to meet them to engage in sexual activity on campus during school,'' Bertagna said.

City News Service contributed to this report.