Three men arrested in connection with sexual abuse of a minor in College Station

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KRHD) – Three men involved in a College Station sexual assault case involving a minor are behind bars at the Brazos County Jail Thursday morning.

William Johnson, Otto Randolph and Ryan Hoffart are named in a lawsuit filed in January against College Station Chi Alpha Ministries, the General Council of the Assemblies of God, the North Texas District Council Assemblies of God and Mountain Valley Fellowship.

The lawsuit names a fourth man who also has an arrest warrant, but whom law enforcement has been unable to locate.

The lawsuit alleges that Johnson, Randolph and Hoffart repeatedly sexually abused LH, who was 13 at the time. Hoffart also drove LH to Houston, where he was sexually abused by Daniel Savala, a registered sex offender who was considered a religious leader and mentor in the Chi Alpha chapter at Texas A&M and at the Mountain Valley Fellowship in College Station, where LH and his family were members of the congregation.

Savala was arrested at his home in Houston in May 2023.

The father of the 13-year-old victim, LH, claims that Chi Alpha, Mountain Valley Fellowship, the Assemblies of God Church and the other religious organizations knew about the abuse and did not intervene to stop it.

The indictment accuses Johnson, Randolph and Hoffart of “dry humping” LH. The members of Chi Alpha are also accused of showing and touching their genitals in front of LH, pushing LH’s face into their crotch and making sexual noises while pulling down LH’s pants, and playing a game called “fire engine” in which they placing her hands on LH’s thighs and the 13 year old’s crotch.

Hoffart is being held on one count of indecency during exposure of children and one count of indecency during sexual contact with a child.

A security deposit of $50,000 is required for each charge.

Johnson and Randolph are each charged with sexual battery of a child, with bail set at $25,000 each.