Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Lake Elsinore Girl: Charges Filed

LAKE ELSINORE, CA — A 23-year-old man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a Lake Elsinore girl was charged Tuesday with six counts of lewd acts on a child under 14 years old.

Kole Scully Mims of Menifee was arrested Friday following a Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigation that began in July.

Mims pleaded not guilty to the felony charges during an arraignment Tuesday before Superior Court Judge Jeff Zimel, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for Sept. 25 at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.

Zimel also ordered Mims held on $110,000 bail at the nearby Byrd Detention Center.

According to sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Reese, deputies were alerted last month to the possible molestation of a youth, identified in court documents only as "M.A.," in Lake Elsinore.

The investigation uncovered that Mims had assaulted the victim multiple times, Reese alleged.

Court records show that the first alleged assault occurred in early June 2022, and the last one occurred at the end of November. The circumstances behind the alleged offenses and the defendant's relationship to the girl, if any, were not disclosed.

An arrest warrant was served on Mims in Riverside, where he was taken into custody without incident.

He has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.