Overview
- Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Antoine Christopher Sims, 31, on Sept. 18 in Winchester near Sycamore Canyon Lane and Bachelor Peak Street.
- He was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility on felony counts including lewd acts with a child and oral copulation with a minor under 16.
- The investigation began in September 2024 after allegations of inappropriate contact with residents under his care at the San Jacinto facility.
- Detectives report uncovering a pattern of grooming, inappropriate communication, and unlawful sexual contact, and they believe additional victims may exist.
- Authorities ask anyone with information to contact Investigator D. Hollingsworth at 951-654-2702 or Riverside Sheriff’s Dispatch at 951-776-1099, with survivor resources available at 800-656-4673 or rainn.org.