{"id":315754,"date":"2026-05-14T18:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315754\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:29:09","slug":"fresno-county-deputy-arrested-accused-of-sexual-battery-while-on-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315754\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County deputy arrested, accused of sexual battery while on duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, May 14, 2026 6:18PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Fresno County deputy arrested, accused of sexual battery while on duty\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A Fresno County sheriff&#8217;s deputy has been arrested after accusations of sexual battery were made against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Alejandro Apodaca, 31, was arrested on two counts of felony sexual battery and one count of felony assault by a public officer on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police say the incident happened on Sunday, May 10, in Fresno when Apodaca was on duty. The victim told police they were sexually assaulted by a deputy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A search warrant was done at Apodaca&#8217;s home, while a DNA test was also taken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Fresno County Sheriff&#8217;s Office placed Apodaca on administrative leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He has bonded out of jail and is scheduled to appear in court on May 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Anyone who has more information or may have been a victim is asked to contact authorities.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, May 14, 2026 6:18PM FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A Fresno County sheriff&#8217;s deputy has been arrested after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[132179,132178,112,622,114,113,15837,3489,294],"class_list":["post-315754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-132179","tag-deputy-arrested","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-county","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-sexual-battery","tag-sheriffs-office","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}