CALIFORNIA
Sacramento Bee
BY MARISSA LANG
MLANG@SACBEE.COM
02/04/2015
Sacramento police arrested a 42-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a teenager he met while working as a choir director at New Testament Baptist Church in North Highlands.
In September, police received a report alleging a sexual relationship between a teenage boy and Kareem Abdul Mitchell that spanned from 2005 to 2008. The alleged victim is now an adult. He told police that he met Mitchell when Mitchell was working at the church on 34th Street off Watt Avenue.
Similar accusations were leveled against Mitchell twice before, while he was working as the choir director, but no charges were ever filed, police said.
On Tuesday, police obtained a warrant for Mitchell’s arrest.
He was taken into custody at police headquarters, where he was being interviewed by detectives.
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