{"id":31966,"date":"2025-10-31T14:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/31966\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:56:06","slug":"orange-county-sheriffs-deputy-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-female-inmate-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/31966\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County sheriff\u2019s deputy accused of sexually assaulting female inmate \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Orange County sheriff\u2019s deputy was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 29, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female inmate earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The inmate told jail staff on Oct. 15 that Deputy Leobardo Martinez Garcia assaulted her in March 2025 while she was in custody on a separate charge and getting medical care at a hospital, according to the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators corroborated information, gathered digital evidence and served multiple search warrants before Martinez Garcia\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>He was booked on suspicion of felony sexual battery and assault under the color of authority. Martinez Garcia posted bail and was released Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p>The Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department has placed Martinez Garcia on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe alleged criminal conduct of this deputy is a violation of the oath to serve and protect our community, particularly those entrusted to our care in the Orange County Jail,\u201d said Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes in a statement. \u201cI could not be more disappointed in the actions of Mr. Martinez Garcia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Orange County sheriff\u2019s deputy was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 29, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female inmate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,2598,723,138,100,608,2531,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-31966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-headlines","10":"tag-anaheim-news","11":"tag-assault","12":"tag-crime","13":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-orange-county-sheriffs-department","16":"tag-sexual-assault","17":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31966","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=31966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}