SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy has pleaded guilty to s*xually assaulting two female inmates, including directing them to engage in s*xual activity, while assigned to work at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange. He was sentenced to 364 days credit time served and ordered to register as a s*x offender.
Arcadio Rodriguez, 30, of Stanton, was charged in January 2023 with one misdemeanor count of s*xual battery, one misdemeanor count of a detention facility employee engaging in s*xual activity with a confined consenting adult, and one misdemeanor count of possession of a cell phone in a correctional facility.
Rodriguez has been on GPS monitoring since January 2025. In addition to the 364 days of custody time, Rodriguez was ordered to register as a s*x offender for a minimum of 10 years and was placed on one-year formal probation.
“Inmates are completely dependent on Sheriff’s deputies and other jail staff for everything from food and medication to clothing. These women were awaiting trial and had no way of escaping a predator who literally held the keys to their captivity and ordered them to perform at his every whim,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spizer. “To have a sworn deputy sheriff betray his oath of office to serve and protect by preying on vulnerable incarcerated individuals for his own s*xual gratification is an embarrassment to the badge and to all the hardworking law enforcement professionals who carry out their duties lawfully each and every day.”…