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The United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of California explained that court documents between 2015 and 2023 detail Thelmo Meneses Santos Jr., 63, reveal that Santos began sexually abusing one of the minors when the child was 11 years old. Santos also abused the two minors over a period of years in Japan, where he was employed by the U.S. Army as a civilian employee.
He gave an interview to law enforcement officers, where he admitted to engaging in sexual acts with both children. Santos was later arrested in Hawaii by the Army Criminal Investigation Division, according to the Department of Justice.
“The defendant engaged in the repeated sexual abuse of two young children over several years while he was employed as a civilian with the U.S. Army in Japan,” Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said. “His guilty plea should serve as a warning to anyone who would harm children – even overseas – as long as the Criminal Division has jurisdiction, we will hold you accountable.”
This case is the product of an investigation by the Far East Field Office of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, with assistance from the FBI, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Gappa and Trial Attorney Eduardo A. Palomo, of the Justice Department’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, are prosecuting the case, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 10, 2026. Santos faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, a lifetime term of supervised release and a fine of $250,000, according to the attorney’s office. He will also be required to pay restitution to his victims and to register as a sex offender in places where he resides, where he is an employee and where he is a student.
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