Banning Woman Suspected Of Sexually Abusing Child

BANNING, CA — A 30-year-old Banning woman suspected of sexually abusing a child for nearly a year was out of custody Wednesday.

Reyna Virginia Rincon was arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning last week on suspicion of rape, unlawful sex with a minor, lewd acts on a child and perpetrating repeated molestation of a minor.

Rincon posted a $100,000 bond and was released from jail Friday.

The case is under review by the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.

According to the Banning Police Department, investigators received information on June 28 that a youth, whose gender was not disclosed, "was being sexually abused" by the suspect.

Agency spokeswoman Sol Avila said investigators learned Rincon was a "family friend who frequents" the victim's home.

"(Investigators) also discovered that the abuse had been occurring since September 2022," Avila said.

Detectives obtained sufficient evidence to procure an arrest warrant, which was served on the suspect at her apartment on Westward Avenue Thursday, when she was taken into custody without incident.

Background information on Rincon was unavailable.