A 19-year-old Los Altos Hills resident faces rape and other charges after allegedly engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl.
Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Owen Winkler, a Foothill College freshman, Tuesday (March 26) and charged him with rape of a child by means of force or fear; sexual penetration by means of force or fear; false imprisonment; oral copulation by force or fear; and knowingly distributing harmful material to a minor.
Winkler and the victim were engaged in a dating relationship at the time of the incidents, said Deputy Michael Low, Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
Winkler was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on $400,000 bail. His arraignment is scheduled for Friday.
The investigation is active and detectives are pursuing additional leads, Low said.
Winkler attended both Los Altos High School and the Freestyle Academy of Communication Arts and Technology in Mountain View.
He planned to study photography and film at Foothill, according to Freestyle records.
