PRESCOTT, AZ -- Prescott police detectives arrested a 20-year-old Kingman man Tuesday for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with an 8-year-old girl during a church camping event.
According to a Prescott Police Department press release, Patrick West-Owens was charged with three counts of sexual assault, three counts of sexual abuse and one count of indecent exposure.
Police said the suspect accompanied a church group from Kingman to an event at Camp Yavapines located in the 2900 block of Iron Springs Road in Prescott.
The press release stated, "While at the camp, he spent the night in a cabin with a Kingman family he has known. While the family slept, he lured an 8-year-old female into his bunk where he coaxed her into various sexual acts."
When the family learned of the incident the following morning, they took West-Owens back to Kingman and retur4ned to the Prescott camp where they told police what happened.
"After further investigation, detectives went to Kingman where they located West-Owens and interviewed him about this incident," the press release stated. "After the interview, they placed him under arrest and transported him to the Yavapai County Camp Verde Jail where he was booked."
He's being held without bond pending his next court appearance, which is scheduled for Tuesday, June 23.
The Prescott Police Department is urging anyone who may have any information about this case, or other possible crimes West-Owens may have been involved with to call Detective Ryan Hobbs at 928-777-1926.
