A 41-year-old youth basketball coach accused of sexually abusing one of his players was out on bail Sunday.
Jamien Nicholas Lovell Jackson was arrested on Thursday by officers with the Riverside Police Department’s Sexual Assault – Child Abuse Unit.
Police allege that Jackson sexually abused a girl while he was coaching her traveling basketball team in 2021.
He was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts on a minor, child annoyance and sending harmful matter to a minor.
He has since been released on $55,000 bail, according to police.
Investigators said Jackson has been involved with girl’s youth basketball and the sports photography business in the Inland Empire for several years.
Police have not identified other victims, but urged anyone with additional information about the case to contact Detective Edward Vazquez at 951-353-7136 or EVazquez@RiversideCA.gov.