Marine Arrested for Sex Crimes May be Tied to Others: RCSD

A U.S. Marine who is suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in a Temecula townhome last week may be connected to other sex crimes, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.

Mark Richard Neeley II, a Camp Pendleton-based gunnery sergeant, was arrested on sexual assault charges and booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center on $1 million bail.

Early Friday morning, police began investigating Neeley after a victim came forward to report they were sexually assaulted by the 36-year-old Marine in a townhome in the Wolf Creek neighborhood of Temecula.

The department obtained a search warrant for Neeley's home and evidence was found inside that linked him to the alleged crime, the RCSD said.