Former Laguna Beach Hotel GM Arrested For Raping Intoxicated Teen: Police

LAGUNA BEACH, CA — The former general manager of a Laguna Beach hotel was behind bars Sunday after a 17-year-old girl told police he raped her while she was intoxicated, authorities said.

Phelton Calhoun, 37, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of rape of an intoxicated person, statutory rape of a minor more than three years younger, possession of a firearm and sending harmful material to a minor, according to the Laguna Beach Police Department.

Police learned of the allegations Tuesday but the incident occurred in Laguna Beach about three weeks earlier, they said.

The girl stated to police that Calhoun raped her while she was intoxicated, Lt. Jesse Schmidt said.

"Detectives and officers from the Laguna Beach Police Department's Special Enforcement Team immediately began investigating the incident and identified Phelton Calhoun, the former general manager of La Casa Del Camino, as the suspect," Schmidt said.

"Detectives and (the) Special Enforcement Team also learned that Calhoun sold cocaine and carried a firearm," police noted in a statement. "LBPD served a search warrant at his residence, where additional narcotics for sale and firearms were seized during the operation."

Police did not say whether Calhoun was still employed at the hotel when the alleged sexual assault took place. He was being held at the Orange County jail, police said. His bail status was not immediately available.

Anyone with information about the case was urged to call Det. Flagstad at 949-715-0984 or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS.

— City News Service