Crime & Safety
Menifee Man Held On $1M Bail In Sexual Assault Of Lake Elsinore Girl
The investigation uncovered that Kole Scully Mims allegedly assaulted the victim multiple times, Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.
LAKE ELSINORE, CA — Felony charges are expected to be filed Tuesday against a 23-year-old man suspected of sexually assaulting a Lake Elsinore girl.
Kole Scully Mims of Menifee was arrested and booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta Friday on suspicion of aggravated sexual assault of a child, lewd acts on a minor, forcible oral copulation and possession of child pornography.
Mims is being held on $1 million bail.
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The case is under review by the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.
According to sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Reese, deputies were alerted last month to the possible molestation of a youth, whose identity was not disclosed, in Lake Elsinore.
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The investigation uncovered that Mims allegedly assaulted the victim multiple times, Reese said.
The circumstances behind the alleged offenses and the suspect's relationship to the girl were not divulged.
An arrest warrant was served on Mims in Riverside, where he was taken into custody without incident.
Background information on the suspect was unavailable.
