DeJuan Ramon Jones of Victorville was arrested Thursday following a joint investigation by the Riverside Police Division, and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division.
Together with the tried rape depend, Jones is charged with armed theft and a sentence-enhancing allegation of utilizing a lethal weapon within the fee of a felony.
He was arraigned earlier than Riverside County Superior Court docket Decide Charles Koosed, who scheduled a felony settlement convention for March 29 on the Riverside Corridor of Justice, and ordered the defendant to be held in lieu of $275,000 bail on the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.
In keeping with Riverside police Officer Ryan Railsback, Jones was immediately linked to an alleged assault that occurred on March 7 in Riverside, but it surely’s doubtless he was concerned in others not but charged.
“Investigators discovered Jones was energetic on courting apps and social media, the place he had met ladies on-line,” Railsback stated. “The assaults befell as soon as these conferences occurred. Jones was armed throughout the encounters, and it’s believed he preyed upon ladies much less prone to report the crimes to regulation enforcement, akin to youth and intercourse staff.”
The girl within the March 7 assault that the defendant allegedly perpetrated was not recognized in court docket paperwork.
Railsback didn’t disclose how detectives in the end recognized Jones, who has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.
Authorities consider there could also be further victims on this case.
Anybody with info was requested to contact the Riverside police Sexual Assault Baby Abuse unit at (951) 353-7950, or the San Bernardino County sheriff’s Victorville station at (760) 241-2911.
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