{"id":442550,"date":"2026-08-25T01:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/442550\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T01:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:50:12","slug":"fresno-county-deputy-accused-of-on-duty-sexual-misconduct-now-faces-5-felony-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/442550\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County deputy accused of on duty sexual misconduct now faces 5 felony charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/fresno-county-deputy-arrested-on-sexual-battery-charges-fresno-police-department-police-officers-investigation-fresno-county-sheriffs-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Fresno County sheriff\u2019s deputy<\/a> accused of sexual misconduct while on duty has now been formally charged with multiple felonies involving two women.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office announced Monday it filed charges against 31-year-old Alejandro Gabriel Apodaca of Lemoore, including sexual battery, assault by a public official and false imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say the first alleged incident happened May 10, when Apodaca went to a woman\u2019s apartment while wearing his law enforcement uniform. Accoring to the District Attorney&#8217;s office, Apodaca touched the woman and directed her to engage in sexual contact with him.<\/p>\n<p>Apodaca was arrested three days later after an investigation led by the Fresno Police Department\u2019s Sexual Assault Unit.<\/p>\n<p>The felony complaint also reveals allegations involving a second woman.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say that on March 11, Apodaca directed the woman to pull her car to the side of the road. The DA\u2019s office says Apodaca approached her car, reached inside and took her cellphone before allegedly attempting unwanted sexual contact as she moved away from him.<\/p>\n<p>Apodaca is charged with one count of sexual battery by restraint, one count of assault by a public official, two counts of sexual battery and one count of false imprisonment by violence or menace.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted of all charges and applicable allegations, Apodaca faces a maximum of five years and four months in custody. If convicted of the applicable sex offenses, he would also be required to register as a sex offender for life under California law.<\/p>\n<p>Apodaca is currently on unpaid administrative leave from the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office. His certification with California Peace Officer Standards and Training is also temporarily suspended. According to the sheriff\u2019s office, both actions have been in place since May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A Fresno County sheriff\u2019s deputy accused of sexual misconduct while on duty has now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-442550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442550","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=442550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}