Officials say a 15-year-old Lake Elsinore resident entered a school in the 18000 block of Grand Avenue in the City of Lake Elsinore and committed a lewd act upon a child on campus.
Deputies responded to the school on Monday at 11:30 a.m. after staff members were alerted of an unknown male on school grounds. School officials immediately contacted law enforcement and followed the suspect until deputies arrived.
The suspect was not a student of the school and had no permission to be on campus, according to Sergeant Wilfredo Collazo. The suspect fled the scene on foot but was arrested a short distance away on Grand Avenue.
During the course of the investigation, one student was identified as being a victim of a lewd act and investigators have identified other students who may also be victims, the sheriff’s department said in a news release.
The school campus was placed on lockdown temporarily by school administrators out of an abundance of caution for the students until the suspect was apprehended. Based on evidence obtained at the scene, investigators are certain the suspect acted alone and there are no other suspects wanted in connection with this case, officials said.
This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Investigator Stites at 951–245–3300 or Riverside Sheriff’s Dispatch at 951-776–1099.
