Mt. Baldy man denies rape charges

A 40-year-old Mt. Baldy man accused of raping his girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter pleaded not guilty Monday to 14 felony sex charges.

Gabriel Jimenez Garcia was arrested Dec. 30 at his Mt. Baldy home by Montclair police. The previous day the girl told police Garcia had sexually abused her.

Garcia and the girl's mother had lived together for more than five years and had two children together, according to a Montclair police news release.

Prosecutors filed 14 felony counts against Garcia, including 12 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a minor, rape by force or fear, and continuous sexual abuse of a child.

Garcia is due back in West Valley Superior Court on Thursday. He remained jailed Monday at West Valley Detention Center in lieu of $1 million bail, according to online court records.

Read more at Inland Empire Courts.

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