A 26-year-old school employee has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a student at a Coachella school, and investigators say they believe there could be additional victims. Brittny Jaramillo was taken into custody Thursday following a traffic stop near Varner Road and Adams Street in Indio.
According to KESQ, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office said the investigation began after a report of inappropriate contact between a school employee and a student at a Coachella school was made on October 8. That report centered on a school in the 52000 block of Frederick Street in Coachella, per the sheriff's office. The Sheriff's Office Special Victims Unit assumed the investigation after being contacted, and it has remained the lead agency handling the case since.
Jaramillo was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on suspicion of digital penetration and additional child sexual abuse charges, as reported by Patch. Investigators have not announced an arraignment date for Jaramillo, and the sheriff's office has not released details about which school employed her or what her role was there.
Search Warrant Executed at Indio Home
After the arrest, investigators served a search warrant at a residence in the 38000 block of Rancho Los Cerritos in Indio, Patch's report notes. Few additional details about what that search turned up have been made public, and the sheriff's office has described the case as an active and ongoing investigation.
The Special Victims Unit told reporters it believes there may be additional victims connected to the case, though no further specifics about those potential victims have been disclosed. The sheriff's office is urging anyone with information related to the investigation to come forward.
How to Report Information
Anyone with information related to the investigation was asked to call investigator J. Lee at 951-955-1718, or to reach sheriff's dispatch at 951-776-1099. Officials have not said whether any additional arrests are expected as the case develops.
As of now, the available evidence does not establish Jaramillo's guilt, and the case remains under investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.
