Spring Valley

Teen admits sex attack on girl, 15, in Mount Miguel High restroom when he was student

The 15-year-old girl was attacked after hours in the bathroom of Mount Miguel High School, the sheriff's department said.

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 A former Mount Miguel High School student arrested last year on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at the Spring Valley campus pleaded guilty Monday to three felony sex-crime counts.

Reyvon Tafare English had turned 18 a few weeks before the April 11, 2024, attack, which the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said happened inside a restroom on campus.

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English, now 19, faces up to 24 years in state prison when he is sentenced next month, according to a San Diego County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman. On Monday, he pleaded guilty to two counts of oral copulation by force or fear and a single count of sexual penetration by force or fear.

Sheriff's officials said the girl was at Mount Miguel High for an after-school program inside a restroom when she was attacked that afternoon.

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"She notified school staff, who contacted the sheriff's department immediately," sheriff's Lt. Lon Nguyen said.

English turned himself in to law enforcement a week later and has remained in custody ever since.

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