Sacramento Church Choir Director Arrested for Sexual Assault

CALIFORNIA
Fox 40

FEBRUARY 4, 2015, BY IAN MCDONALD

NORTH HIGHLANDS-

Sacramento Police arrested a man suspected of sexual assault of a minor Tuesday.

Investigators say 42-year-old Kareem Mitchell was in a sexual relationship with a teen boy from 2005 to 2008. The two met while Mitchell worked as a choir director at the New Testament Baptist church in the North Highlands area, detectives said.

According to police, Mitchell had already been investigated for similar accusations but no charges were ever filed.

Mitchell was ultimately arrested Tuesday, and booked into Sacramento County Jail on sex charges including sodomy and oral copulation.

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