Eric Leonard

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Pleads Guilty in Child Sex Case

A Los Angeles County sheriff's detective pleaded guilty to sex-related charges involving a 15-year-old girl he met when she reported an alleged sexual assault, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.

Neil David Kimball, 46, of Agoura, is facing three years in state prison and sex offender registration in connection with his guilty plea Tuesday to one felony count each of lewd act with a child and unlawful sexual intercourse, according to Senior Deputy District Attorney Patrice Koenig.

Kimball's employment status with the sheriff's department was not immediately available.

Kimball -- who was working at the time as a detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Special Victims Bureau -- met the teenager in 2017 when she reported being a victim of sexual assault, and he befriended her, according to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

The crimes occurred in Ventura County in late 2017, Koenig said.

Kimball was arrested last November by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Internal Criminal Investigations Bureau following an internal investigation, authorities said.

He has remained behind bars since then.

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