Laverne Paul Fox, 61, pled guilty Friday, Jan. 8, to charges of lewd acts on a child and forced sexual penetration of a child under age 16 during a preliminary court appearance. He faces up to almost four years in jail when he is sentenced in May. Courtesy photo/Riverside County Sheriff’s Department
Jeff Pack
Staff WriterMURRIETA — A former school principal at Faith Baptist Church in Wildomar pled not guilty on Thursday, Jan. 23, to three counts of molesting a teenage girl nearly 30 years ago.Originally charged by investigators on July 21, 2019, Laverne Paul Fox, 61, was arrested in Erie, Pennsylvania, on July 29 and extradited to Riverside County on charges of lewd acts on a child, oral copulation of a minor and forced sexual penetration of a child under 16 years old. With his alleged victim, Kathy Durbin, present in the courtroom, Fox pled not guilty during his arraignment Thursday before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Stephen Gallon.“I was happy to see a step forward because I feel like the wheels of justice are super slow and sometimes maybe even go re
