Authorities are seeking additional witnesses or victims with knowledge of additional crimes that may have been committed by a Santa Barbara man accused of child molestation.
The suspect, Vladyslav Romanovich Shylo, 19, has been charged with felony stalking, attempted criminal threats, contacting a minor with lewd intent, witness dissuasion, and misdemeanor child annoying or molesting, according to an announcement from the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday. Shylo pleaded not guilty to each charge on June 23 and is being held without bail in S.B. County Jail.
“The victims in the open case are Jane Doe 1, age 16, and Jane Doe 2, age 9,” said Amber Frost, communications specialist from the DA’s Office. “A criminal protective order was issued at [the] arraignment … protecting Jane Does 1 and 2.”…