Crime & Safety
Boy Arrested After 'Lewd Acts' Reported At Lakeland Village School
Lakeland Village Middle School was temporarily locked down during a search for a suspect, 15, who fled the campus on foot Monday.
LAKE ELSINORE, CA — A 15-year-old boy suspected of committing a lewd act on a child at a school was arrested in Lake Elsinore Monday.
Deputies for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department's Lake Elsinore Station responded at 11:30 a.m. to a school in the 18000 block of Grand Avenue regarding the boy being seen on campus, said Sgt. Wilfredo Collazo.
Authorities said the boy, who is not a student at the school, entered the campus and allegedly committed a lewd act on a child and then fled the campus on foot. Upon their arrival deputies located the suspect and arrested him.
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The campus was placed on lockdown temporarily by school administrators out of an abundance of caution for the students until the suspect was caught.
During the course of their investigation deputies learned there could be additional victims who are students at the school, Collazo said.
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Anyone with information regarding this investigation was asked to call the Lake Elsinore Station at 951-245-3300 or the sheriff's dispatch at 951- 776-1099.
