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MARTINEZ, Calif. —

A Concord man accused of having sex with children as young as 13 years
old may face enhanced charges for being HIV positive and knowingly
exposing his young alleged victims to the serious disease, prosecutors said.

The shocking crime involves an alleged HIV positive child molester from
Concord.

According to prosecutors, 23-year old Anthony Tafoya of Concord sexually
assaulted four minors age 13-to-15 years old from across the county.

Tuesday was the conclusion of Tafoya's preliminary hearing on dozens of
counts of sexually assaulting a minor over the course of a year. He has
been ordered to go to trial.

There are additional allegations that he used force on one victim and
committed a burglary.

Investigators said Tafoya met his alleged victims on Craigslist, the gay
social website Grinder and other sites.

What made matters worse for everyone involved are allegations that
Tafoya knows he is HIV positive and thereby knowingly left his young
alleged victims vulnerable to infection.

"Over the course of the investigation, a series of different victims
arose and the enhancements and other information including the
allegations of the HIV and the evidence," said Deputy District Attorney
Alison Chandler.

Tafoya's defense attorney Chris Varnell argued his client was misled by
the people he met online.

"I think the evidence shows that the individuals met consensually," said
Varnell. "They met under false pretenses where my client believed at the
time that they met, that they were 18 years old or older and on adult
websites. And so I think that certainly needs to be explored."

The judge denied a defense request for bail reduction, saying that
Tafoya is a menace, a predator, and a parasite and that he is staying
behind bars.

His arraignment is set for June 25th.