January 24, 2024 - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials report that detectives with the Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Bureau are continuing their investigation into the sexual assault of four separate female adults by 32-year-old Dijon Darrell O’Neal.  Between September 20, 2023, and December 26, 2023, Dijon O’Neal lured and targeted four separate females via social media dating sites to a vacant residence in the 1100 Block of Lingard Street in Lancaster where he sexually assaulted them.  Based on the nature of the offenses, Detectives believe there might be additional victims.  Dijon O’Neal was on active parole at the time of the incidents and a registered sex offender.

Dijon O’Neal was arrested on January 17, 2024, by Special Victims Bureau and parole agents from the California Department of Corrections and booked at the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station under booking number 6743883.  He remains in custody. 

The case was presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office who has filed two felony counts of rape, two felony counts of forced oral copulation, and two felony counts of false imprisonment under Court case #24AVCF00101. 

Dijon O’Neal currently has no bail and his next court date is February 1, 2024, at the Antelope Valley Courthouse.

Anyone with information regarding this case or believes they may have been a victim is urged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Special Victims Bureau toll free tip line at (877) 710-5273 or by email at specialvictimsbureau@lasd.org.  If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP or “P3 Mobile” for the hearing impaired on Google play or the App Store, or by using the website https://lacrimestoppers.org.

Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department