A former Shadow Hills High School boys basketball coach is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday on charges of sexually assaulting a teenage girl he coached.<\/p>\n
Ryan Leron Towner, 35, was arrested June 10 stemming from a Riverside County Sheriffs Department investigation. The alleged conduct occurred between May and July 2018, according to the Riverside County District Attorneys Office.<\/p>\n
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Towner is charged with one felony count each of lewd acts on a child under 14 years old with force and unlawful intercourse with a minor, who was identified in court papers only as Jane Doe.<\/p>\n
Towner, who remains free after posting $55,000 bond, is scheduled to be arraigned at the Larson Justice Center in Indio on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Investigator Joshua Reinbolz said authorities began investigating Towner in April.<\/p>\n
Towner coached the girl on a travel basketball team, according to Reinbolz, who did not go into the circumstances of the alleged crimes.<\/p>\n
It was unclear how old the girl was when Towner allegedly sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n
Towner coached the Shadow Hills boys team from 2018 through most of the 2021 season. The Knights won the Division 3-A championship in 2020.<\/p>\n
Towner did not coach the team for its final 10 games during the 2021 season and was fired by the Indio school a few days before his arrest, the Desert Sun reported. It was unclear whether his firing stemmed from the allegations.<\/p>\n
Towner has a prior felony conviction for credit card fraud.<\/p>\n
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