Inappropriate Contact with Students 

October 11, 2024 – Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report that in August 2024, a school resource deputy with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, Perris Station, responded to a high school in the 100 block of Nuevo Road in the city of Perris to investigate allegations that a coach was having inappropriate contact with students. The employee was subsequently placed on administrative leave during the investigation. The investigation was assumed by members the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit.

Investigators determined that Jesse Gonsalez Lopez, a 27-year-old resident of Perris, had inappropriate contact with students. On October 10, 2024, Gonsalez Lopez was arrested in the city of Perris by investigators and will be booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center for child annoyance, sexual battery, and lewd and lascivious acts with a minor.

This is an ongoing investigation, and no further details are available. Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call Lead Investigator C. Poznanski at (951) 955-1698.

Reporting Supervisor: Sergeant Mike Kelleher

File # PE242330091

Source & photo: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office