Choir Director Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Teen Boy

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Police say a man has been arrested on allegations he carried out a sexual relationship with minor for years.

According to the Sacramento Police Department, investigators received a report in Sept. 2014 that 42-year-old Kareem Mitchell had carried out a sexual relationship with a teen boy from 2005 to 2008. Mitchell was working as a choir director at New Testament Baptist Church in North Highlands at the time.

On Tuesday, detectives obtained a warrant for Mitchell and took him into custody later that day. He was booked at Sacramento County Jail on charges of sodomy, oral copulation and others.

Police note there had been other similar allegations against Mitchell in the past, but charges were never filed.

Detectives urge anyone who believes they may have also been a victim of Mitchell to contact the Sacramento Police Department at (916) 264-5471.