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Ex-Cop Sentenced to 25 Years for Sex Assaults on Prostitutes
RIVERSIDE, California – Former San Bernardino Police Officer Jose Jesus Perez, 47, has been sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for violating the civil rights of two women he forced to perform sex acts while in uniform.
Perez was found guilty by a federal jury in May of two felony counts and one misdemeanor count of deprivation of rights under color of law for sexually assaulting two victims in 2011. The jury determined that both felony offenses involved aggravated sexual abuse, and that one attack involved a kidnapping and bodily injury.
The evidence presented during a week-long trial showed that Perez groped a woman and coerced her to perform oral sex on him by using force against her on April 25, 2011. The jury also found that Perez had unlawful sexual intercourse with another woman on two occasions in August 2011.
The testimony at trial indicated that the two victims, who worked as prostitutes in the City of San Bernardino, engaged in the sex acts demanded by Perez out of fear of arrest because he was a police officer. One victim testified that he forced her to perform oral sex on him in his patrol car, and the other victim testified that he forced her to have intercourse with him next to his patrol car in a vacant lot and again in motel rooms.
A third woman testified that Perez had aggressively solicited sex from her while he was in uniform when he found her stranded in San Bernardino. The three women each testified that they feared repercussions if they did not comply with Perez’s demands.
Perez’s sentencing comes after a lengthy history of misconduct toward women, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing brief. Perez has been in custody since he was arrested in September 2013 in Texas. The investigation into Perez was conducted by the San Bernardino Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Perez became a police officer in 1997, when he was hired by the Los Angeles Police Department. Perez worked for the LAPD until 2008, when he went to work for the San Bernardino Police Department. Perez was released from employment by SBPD in December 2012.
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Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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