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Chico woman arrested for sexual abuse of 12-year-old Hidden Valley Lake girl
Lexie Brooke Thompson, 21, was arrested by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office based on that agency’s investigation into the case, which came to light late in August.
A report from Det. Sgt. Luis Espinoza explained that on Aug. 25 Mendocino County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched on the report of a suspected sexual abuse of a 12-year-old female from Hidden Valley Lake.
Sheriff's office detectives were later dispatched to conduct further investigations, Espinoza said.
Through the investigation, Espinoza said authorities learned that near the end of July, Thompson engaged in multiple sexual acts with the girl — who she knew — over the course of a single day at a residence in Potter Valley.
On Aug. 27, investigators contacted and interviewed Thompson, who Espinoza said they subsequently arrested on charges of lewd sexual acts with a minor under 14 years old, oral copulation of a minor under 14 years old and sexual penetration with a foreign object of a minor under 14 years old.
Espinoza said Thompson was also identified as being on summary probation and arrested for violation of probation and she was booked into the Mendocino County Jail.
Investigators contacted a Mendocino Superior Court judge and requested a bail enhancement, which resulted in Thompson being held on a no bail status, Espinoza said.
On Wednesday, she remained in custody, according to jail records.
Espinoza said the investigation remains ongoing and anyone with information related to Lexie Thompson is asked to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Investigations Bureau Tip-Line at 707-234-2100 or contact Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Dispatch Center at 707-463-4086.