Palm Springs man accused of sexually assaulting a child during two-year span A Palm Springs man accused of raping a child during a two-year span was arrested, along with a possible accessory who served as a caretaker. Jesus Rivera, 45, was arrested following an investigation into an accusation of a sexual assault of a child. The investigation began on January 27, 2021. That's when deputies were called to respond to a past lewd acts on a child incident at a residence in the unincorporated area of Desert Hot Springs, according to the Riverside County Sheriff'S Department. The incident was forwarded to the Palm Desert Investigations Bureau. Officials said that investigators learned that the sexual assault of the child happened continually between 2017 and 2019.