Jose De Jesus Silva

On August 6th, 2025, officers from the Cottage Grove Police Department responded to a report of criminal sexual conduct which had occurred during the Spring/Summer of 2024 at a residence located in the 8200 block of Hemingway Ave, in the City of Cottage Grove, within Washington County. Officers spoke with PDL (a juvenile female with a date of birth in 2015, fully identified in the reports), who stated that she had been at a friend's house for a sleepover at the above address during the Spring or Summer of 2024. PDL described that after they went to bed, the friend's father, later identified as JOSE DE JESUS SILVA [DOB REDACTED], the defendant, climbed into the bed where they had been sleeping.

PDL stated that the defendant put his hands under her clothing and began to touch her vaginal area. PDL told officers that she told him to stop, but he continued for several minutes before stopping. PDL described that the defendant then told her not to tell anyone, then left the room. Phone records reveal that there was a sleepover at the defendant's home in March of 2024, and there were discussions of potential subsequent sleepovers. Officers then contacted the defendant, who denied any inappropriate activity with PDL, and further claimed that PDL had not had a sleepover with his children for at least two or three years, expressly denying that any had occurred in 2024.