A 44-year-old cook was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting two young girls in Costa Mesa.Nelson Anibal Saavedra was accused of attacking one girl in May 2015 and the other from August 2018 through January 2022, according to the complaint.Saavedra was being held on $1 million bail. He did not enter a plea at his arraignment in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana and was ordered to return to court May 6.Find out what’s happening in Newport Beach-Corona Del Marwith free, real-time updates from Patch.Let’s go!A Costa Mesa police spokeswoman referred a request for details to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, which did not immediately respond to a message.Saavedra was charged with four counts of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 years or younger, one count of oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child 10 years or younger and one count of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14, all felonies.Find out what’s happening in Newport Beach-Corona Del Marwith free, real-time updates from Patch.Let’s go!ThankReply Share
