A trial date was confirmed Wednesday for a former grade school teacher from Hemet accused of molesting a girl.
Allan Joseph Mikolaycik, 73, was arrested two years ago, following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation, and is set to stand trial March 28.
Mikolaycik is charged with lewd acts on a child under 14 years old.
During a status hearing at the Banning Justice Center, Superior Court Judge Timothy Hollenhorst conferred with the prosecution and defense regarding scheduling, and both sides agreed to be prepared to move forward with trial proceedings at the end of March.
The defendant is free on a $55,000 bond.
Mikolaycik was a teacher within the Hemet Unified School District for more than 30 years, though the alleged molestation occurred after his retirement, according to court papers.
His alleged encounters with the victim, identified in court documents only as “Jane Doe,” were between October 2014 and October 2015.
An investigation was initiated in September 2019 in the 2700 block of Hemet Street in East Hemet, near Berkley Avenue, where the girl was allegedly assaulted, according to sheriff’s officials.
The circumstances were not disclosed, including how the defendant knew the victim, or why she was alone with him.
Detectives ultimately gathered sufficient evidence to obtain an arrest warrant, culminating in Mikolaycik’s arrest three months later.
According to the Hemet Unified School District, the defendant was hired in 1978 and taught at West Valley High School, Acacia Middle School and Dartmouth Middle School before retiring in 2010.
Mikolaycik has no documented prior felony or misdemeanor convictions in Riverside County.