Menifee man faces 9 felony counts of sex with a minor

A police investigation into a newly discovered 2015 incident has resulted in the arrest of a Menifee man charged with nine felony counts of sex crimes with a minor.

David Everett Leibowitz, 40, listed as a resident of the Sun City community, was arrested Aug. 13 and faces numerous charges, including sodomy by force or duress, oral copulation by force or duress, and inducing or persuading a minor to engage in a commercial sex act, according to a news release from the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.

Leibowitz is scheduled for arraignment Sept. 5 at the Hall of Justice in Riverside. He is jailed at the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta, according to jail records. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.

A recent investigation by the Murrieta Police Department and DA's investigators determined that Leibowitz met the victim through a dating website in 2015, when the victim was under 18. He is accused of committing multiple violent sex acts with the boy. He is also accused of having other men come to a residence to have sex with the minor.

Leibowitz was convicted in 2004 in Riverside County Superior Court of committing a lewd act on a child under the
age of 14. He was sentenced to six years for that crime. His time served was not immediately available.

Law enforcement officials believe Leibowitz may have contacted and met other possible victims online. The DA’s Office is asking that anyone with information regarding this case contact DA investigator Sean Freeman at 951-955-5400 or Murrieta police detective Jason Jones at 951-304-2677, ext. 6809.