SHERIFF'S DEPUTY TO FACE LEWD-ACT CHARGES.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - In the third such case in three months involving an Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley sheriff's deputy, a Lancaster patrol deputy has been charged with molesting a 12-year-old girl. Douglas Mills, 33, is charged with two counts of lewd acts with a child under 14 for incidents that occurred last July 1 and July 3, investigators said. ``The mother of the child brought it to our attention,'' said Sgt. Antonio Rascone with the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Sheriff's Department's Internal Criminal Investigation Bureau. Mills has not been arrested and is scheduled to surrender to court officials at his arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted Tuesday in Los Angeles Municipal Court. Prosecutors are recommending bail be set at $120,000. Mills also is charged with making terrorist threats against a former girlfriend in November 1998. If convicted of all three counts, Mills faces a maximum sentence of 10 years and eight months in prison, officials said. Mills, a deputy since 1991 and based at the Lancaster station, has been relieved of duty without pay, Rascone said. Authorities said Mills and the 12-year-old girl are not related, but would not disclose how he knew her or any other details about the case. The details are confidential because of the nature of the case, officials said. ``There was no prior relationship that I'm aware of,'' said Sandi Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
In an unrelated incident, Rascone said Mills threatened to shoot his former girlfriend, Lora Davidson, on a Lancaster street. ``He made threats of shooting her out of jealousy Jealousy See also Envy. Jesters (See CLOWNS.) adder’s tongue flower symbolizes jealousy. . He didn't want her dating anybody else,'' Rascone said. Rascone said Mills was offered a ``letter of surrender.'' ``The DA gives him an opportunity to surrender himself prior to or on the arraignment date,'' Rascone said. The case was filed Dec. 20 following an investigation that commenced last July, Rascone said. The Mills filing is the third case that has arisen since last October involving local deputies accused of improper
Steven Brown, a 41-year-old Palmdale sheriff's deputy, is charged with trying to solicit sex via the Internet from a person he thought was a 13- year-old girl. His trial is scheduled to begin in February in federal court. He has been jailed since his arrest Oct. 8. County prosecutors have not filed charges against Kevin Carney car·ney n. Informal Variant of carny. , a sheriff's sergeant and newly elected Palmdale city councilman, who was arrested four days before the Nov. 2 election on suspicion of molesting a 14-year-old family friend. |
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