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Compton School Board Member Arrested After Allegedly Molesting Unconscious Victim: Sheriff’s Office

Compton school board member was charged Thursday in connection with the sexual assault of an unconscious victim, according to law enforcement officials.

Skyy Fisher has been a controversial figure on the Compton Unified School Board of Trustees since he was elected in 2011. City leaders and residents called for his resignation after he used a homophobic slur to refer to Trayvon Martin in a podcast in 2012. (Photo via Facebook)

U.S. marshals arrested Skyy Fisher, 31, on Wednesday around 2 p.m. at the Engineer and Architect Assn. in downtown Los Angeles, according to Dante Salazar, a deputy U.S. marshal.

Deputies with the Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force picked Fisher up at the Los Angeles World Trade Center.

A day before, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office had issued a warrant for his arrest on suspicion of oral copulation of a person who was asleep or unconscious, Salazar said.

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Correction: An earlier version of this Los Angeles Times story incorrectly identified the victim as a minor. The story has been updated.