SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. South Lake Tahoe Police is seeking more information on a man who was arrested last week for sexual assault.
Rex Bernat, 42, was arrested in Reno on Thursday, April 15, for a felony fugitive warrant. Bernat is being held in the Washoe County Jail and faces charges related to the sexual assault of a child under 14 years of age that allegedly took place in South Lake Tahoe.
Bernat has lived his adult life in Washoe County, according to a press release. He is known to use the aliases Ryan or Rayan Samones, Ryan Bernat and Mykee Daws.
SLTPD and El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office are working in conjunction with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and seeking information from anyone who may have been victimized by Bernat in California.
California and Nevada investigators look for more victims in child sex assault case
Sacramento Bee 3 hrs ago Rosalio Ahumada, The Sacramento Bee
Apr. 20 South Lake Tahoe police officials and El Dorado County prosecutors on Monday were looking for additional victims in a case against a man arrested last week in Nevada and accused of sexually assaulting a child.
Rex Bernat, who was wanted on a felony fugitive warrant, was arrested Thursday in Reno, according to a news release from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department.
Police said Bernat faces charges related to the sexual assault of a child younger than 14 years old, a crime that allegedly occurred in South Lake Tahoe. The police news release did not indicate the exact age or gender of the child.
Bernat was arrested Thursday by the Regional Crime Suppression Unit on a felony fugitive warrant.
He faces a charge of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 for actions that allegedly took place in South Lake Tahoe, according to the sheriff s office.
Officials say Bernat is known to use the aliases Ryan or Rayan Samones, Ryan Bernat and Mykee Daws.
Bernat has lived his entire adult life in Washoe County, and detectives are seeking information from anyone who may have been victimized by him previously, the sheriff s office wrote in a press statement Saturday.
Authorities say the investigation is ongoing.
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