Puredi Hillary is a Japanese-American man from California, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He lives in Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino County, California. (a) (b)
- Aside from Rancho Cucamonga, he has lived in other parts of California including Long Beach and Gardena. (b)
- He was born in Fukuoka, Japan to a American father and a Japanese mother. (c)
- His father was in the military while his mother was a nurse. (c)
- He is married to Ruth Sercado Hillary. (d)
- He is a pastor at the Shiloh Tabernacle Church in Rancho Cucamonga, which he and Ruth founded in 2010. (a) (d)
- In March 2010, the city of Rancho Cucamonga sent a letter to him demanding that he stop the small Bible study that he led in his home on Friday nights unless he secured a permit. The city dropped its enforcement action after receiving a letter from the Pacific Justice Institute. (e)
- In 2013, he and Ruth were interviewed by Dudley Goff on “Promise Christian Live.” (f)
- In April 2021, a girl, then 14, contacted the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Specialized Investigations Division, Crimes Against Children Detail (CAC) to report that she was sexually abused between the ages of 9 and 12. He was identified as the suspect at the conclusion of the CAC’s investigation. (a) (d)
- On July 22, 2021, he was arrested, booked into the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga and charged with continuous sexual abuse of a minor and lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14. (a) (d)
- He was 67 years old when he was arrested on July 22, 2021. (a) (b)
- On July 23, 2021, he remained in custody on $350,000 bail. (d)
- On July 26, 2021, he will appear in court. (d)
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