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San Diego Man Arrested in Case Tied to Rancho Peñasquitos In-Home Daycare

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Published on October 22, 2026
San Diego Man Arrested in Case Tied to Rancho Peñasquitos In-Home DaycareSource: Google Street View

A San Diego man was arrested in a case tied to a Rancho Peñasquitos in-home daycare.

CBS 8 reported that a San Diego man was arrested in a case tied to a Rancho Peñasquitos in-home daycare.

Sareen was arrested in connection with alleged abuse at an in-home daycare.

Investigators Say Third Victim Remains Unidentified

Police said there are at least three potential victims in the case, according to the same CBS 8 account.

Police allege the abuse happened at the daycare.

Lotus Learners Montessori in Rancho Peñasquitos

Lotus Learners Montessori is a home-based daycare at 14124 Korrey Drive in Rancho Peñasquitos.

Separately, records from OpenCorporates list Lotus Learners Montessori, Inc. as a California stock corporation with an agent address at 14124 Korrey Drive in San Diego. California's Community Care Licensing Division describes its standard Facility Evaluation Report as an inspection completed by a Licensing Program Analyst, according to the California Department of Social Services.

News 8 had reached out to the California Department of Social Services for an update on the daycare's status and had not yet received a response at the time of its report.

Case Echoes Other California Daycare Arrests

The case arrives amid other daycare-related arrests reported elsewhere in California this year, including in Shandon, where an unlicensed daycare operator was arrested on allegations of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 after detectives executed a search warrant at a residence in the 100 block of South Fourth Street, according to YourCentralValley.com. Authorities in that case said 67-year-old Javier RiveraMojica had operated the unlicensed daycare with his wife from the searched residence, and detectives there said they were working to determine whether additional victims or witnesses might come forward.

Anyone with information related to the San Diego case is asked to contact the ICAC Task Force at (858) 495-4779 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.