A man suspected in two sexual assaults in Desert Hot Springs was arrested Wednesday. According to police, officers were called to the 67000 block of Two Bunch Palms just before midnight June 10 for a report that a young child had been sexually assaulted. Evidence at the scene identified Angel Lua, 20, of Mecca as a suspect. Two weeks later, on June 25, Lua was identified as a suspect in a second attempted assault in the 13000 block of Verbena Drive. Detectives obtained a warrant for Lua’s arrest, and he was found in the community of North Shore. Angel Lua was arrested for investigation of two counts of sexual assault on a child, and burglary; he was booked into the Riverside County Jail in Banning with his bail set at $2.1 million.
DESERT HOT SPRINGS MAN SUSPECTED IN TWO SEXUAL ASSAULTS ARRESTED
