An Aug. 30 trial date was confirmed Monday for a 27-year-old man accused of sexually molesting a Meadowbrook girl for years.
Guillermo Cuevas of Norwalk is charged with a dozen counts of lewd acts on a child under 10 years old.
During a status hearing at the Riverside Hall of Justice, Riverside County Superior Court Judge O.G. Mango conferred with the prosecution and defense regarding trial scheduling, and both sides agreed to try to prepare for proceedings at the end of August.
No intervening hearings are scheduled between now and then.
Cuevas is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.
According to sheriff’s officials, the family of a 12-year-old girl came forward in November 2019 to report alleged sexual abuse by the defendant.
The investigation spanned two months, after which a warrant was obtained for Cuevas’ arrest. He was taken into custody without incident on Wheatstone Avenue in Norwalk on Jan. 17, 2020.
Detectives alleged that Cuevas had engaged in various acts of molestation, beginning when the victim, identified in court documents only as Jane Doe, was 5 years old and continuing until the fall of 2019 in the 27000 block of Wilkerson Street in Meadowbrook.
The relationship of the child to the defendant was not disclosed, nor were any specific details about what allegedly transpired.
The defendant has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.