LAMONT — An 24-year-old Arvin man is behind bars after allegedly luring a pair of teenage girls on the internet to meet him, and then trying to force them to have sex with him.
Michael Corral was booked into the Kern County Jail on two counts of rape by force or fear, assault with a deadly weapon, and exhibiting a deadly weapon other than a firearm.
Valley Plaza Mall
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Corral used a Facebook account belonging to a friend of two 14 year old females, asking them to meet him the Valley Plaza Mall in Bakersfield, where he picked them up in his vehicle on Monday, March 30.
Corral then took the girls to a remote area near Lamont, purchased alcohol and consumed it with them.
Officials said that it was at that time that Corral threatened the females with a knife and sexually assaulted them, before they were able to escape and call police.
On March 31, Corral turned himself into the Arvin Police Department.
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