Crime & Safety

Warrant Issued for Man Charged with Sexual Abuse of Lakeville Girl

Police say Rickey Allen Billings began abusing the girl when she was 11.

A nationwide arrest warrant has been issued for a 53-year-old Lonsdale man accused of having sexual contact with a girl in Lakeville beginning when the girl was 11.

Rickey Allen Billings is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $30,000 fine.

According to the criminal complaint, were called to a home in late September to investigate a report of criminal sexual conduct between Billings and a 14-year-old girl.

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Police talked to the girl’s parents and the victim, who told them that Billings had been sexually abusing her in Lakeville since she was 11.

The girl told police that the most recent incident happened about a month earlier, when Billings rubbed her breasts and genital area with his hands, according to the complaint.

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The girl was “physically distraught” while she talked about the sexual abuse, and told police that she didn’t like to talk about it, the complaint says.

Police subsequently interviewed Billings, who admitted that he had oral sex with the girl and had further sexual contact with her within the past week, according to the complaint.

Billings told police that he knew what he did was wrong and that he shouldn’t have “let the incidents take place,” the complaint says. He said he gave the girl about $40 after the most recent abuse after the girl told him she wanted money to go to Valleyfair.

Billings’ whereabouts are unknown. Anyone with information is asked to contact local police.


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