On September 10, 2021, the Colorado Springs Police Department’s (CSPD) Communication Center received a report of a sexual assault on a child. The reporting party indicated that two adult males had sexually assaulted their 15-year-old daughter. The victim had met the males online on separate occasions. During these contacts, the suspects arranged to meet with the victim at a park in Colorado Springs, where the assaults occurred. These incidents occurred between August 2020 and January of 2021. Detectives with the CSPD’s Crimes Against Children (CAC) Unit conducted the investigation.
Following the execution of several search warrants, the suspects were identified as 26-year-old Michael Garcia of Westminster, Colorado, and 36-year-old David Reid of Framingham, Massachusetts. Mr. Garcia voluntarily agreed to meet with detectives and was subsequently taken into custody on the charge of Sexual Assault on a Child and Internet Luring of a Child on October 15, 2021. In coordination with the Framingham Police Department, Mr. Reid was taken into custody on an arrest warrant out of Colorado for Sexual Assault on a Child as part of a pattern and Internet Luring of a Child on October 16, 2021, in Massachusetts. At the time of his arrest, Mr. Reid was a teacher at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, Massachusetts.
Anyone with information or who is a witness to this investigation is asked to call the Colorado Springs Police Department at (719) 444-7000; or if you wish to remain anonymous, you may call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (719) 634-STOP (7867) or 1-800-222-8477.