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Clackamas County deputy charged with sexually abusing child in Salem
by Ardeshir Tabrizian
on April 28, 2023
A Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been charged in Marion County with repeatedly molesting a child in Salem over a four-month period.
Prosecutors charged Cenobio Jauregui, 37 of Salem, on Thursday, April 27, in Marion County Circuit Court with five counts of first-degree sexual abuse, according to court documents.
The charges allege that Jauregui sexually abused a child under 14 years old, according to the charging document filed by Marion County prosecutors.
Jauregui is on unpaid administrative leave from his Clackamas County job for multiple on-duty policy violations and potential criminal conduct unrelated to the Salem incidents, according to John Wildhaber, Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office conducted an independent criminal investigation into that conduct and submitted their case to the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office.
Earlier this week, the Salem Police Department notified the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office that it was conducting “an unrelated criminal investigation into his off-duty conduct involving a family member,” according to Wildhaber.
He said Jauregui will remain on unpaid administrative leave pending the outcome of a professional standards investigation.
The state Department of Corrections hired Jauregui in January 2020 as a corrections officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary, the only maximum-security prison in Oregon.
There, he was promoted to correctional corporal in July 2021. He resigned in March 2022, according to corrections department spokeswoman Jennifer Black.
Jauregui was hired two weeks later by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office as a probationary jail deputy in March 2022, according to records of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, the state agency tasked with licensing officers and investigating complaints of misconduct.
The records show he took a leave of absence on March 4, nearly two months before Salem police arrested him on Wednesday, April 26.
Jauregui was being held as of Friday at the Marion County Jail on $250,000 bail, the jail’s roster showed.
He is accused of sexually abusing the child five times between December 2022 and April.
First-degree sexual abuse is a Class B felony which carries a maximum of 10 years in prison.
Marion County Circuit Judge Pro Tem Matthew Tracey on Thursday ordered Jauregui to have no contact with minors or gather anywhere minors congregate if he is released on bail.
He is scheduled to enter a plea at a May 5 hearing, court records showed.
Records of DPSST show no pending investigation by the state’s police licensing agency related to Jauregui’s charges in Marion County. His law enforcement certification was active as of Friday, the agency’s records show.
The agency opened an investigation into Jauregui in January 2020, two days before he was hired at the state penitentiary, related to previous criminal convictions in California.
Jauregui was convicted of misdemeanor hit-and-run and driving on a suspended license in March 2008, according to an October 2020 report by DPSST.
The agency couldn’t locate a police report, according to the DPSST memo. Jauregui told investigators he had left a note on the car he had struck and was later cited by police.
He also received deferred judgment related to a 2008 incident for failure to appear in court on a traffic citation and possession of marijuana, both misdemeanors, as well as failure to signal. He completed a diversion program and the charges were dismissed, according to the report.
The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training decided in October 2020 to take no action against Jauregui’s certification.
Maryland Couple Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Minors
by St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office
April 28, 2023
Leonardtown Couple Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Minors, Stormy Shiree Bates and Brian Joseph Wiegman
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – A Leonardtown man and woman have been arrested and charged by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on several charges of Sex Abuse of a Minor, Neglect of a Minor and Second-Degree Rape.
Following an investigation by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division, Brian Joseph Wiegman, age 45 of Leonardtown, has been arrested and charged with two counts of Sex Abuse of a Minor and one count of Neglect of a Minor.
Wiegman’s girlfriend, Stormy Shiree Bates, age 39 of Leonardtown, has been arrested and charged with three counts of Second-Degree Rape, three counts of Sex Abuse of a Minor and one count of Neglect of a Minor.
Both Wiegman and Bates are being held at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown on a no-bond status.
Trial roundup: Jury recommends five life sentences in
child sexual abuse case
The Norman Transcript, Okla.
Fri, April 28, 2023 at 6:52 AM PDT·2 min read
A man convicted of sexual abuse will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after a Cleveland County jury recommended multiple life sentences.
Jurors deliberated for 3.5 hours Friday before finding Jesus Fuentes, 37, guilty of 12 counts of child sexual abuse. They recommended five life sentences and 60 years in prison as punishment.
The jury also found co-defendant Martha Fuentes guilty of one count of enabling child sexual abuse and recommended a 5-year prison sentence.
Both defendants are scheduled to be sentenced by District Judge Thad Balkman on June 21.
District Attorney Greg Mashburn praised the "diligent" work of his prosecutors.
"Child sexual abuse cases can be some of the most challenging cases to bring in front of a jury, but they were able to seek justice and represent the victim in this case," Mashburn said in a news release.
"It also takes a lot of strength for a victim to stand up to their abuser in open court. We are very thankful that the victim in this case had the strength to tell her story. We hope it inspires other victims to come forward with their stories as well."
Creepy Marine recruiter accused of grooming, raping LI HS student,
was former sexual assault advocate
By Richard Pollina
April 28, 2023 6:31am Updated
A married US Marine Corps recruiter who counseled sexual assault victims is charged with grooming and raping a 16-year-old Long Island girl — admitting to her, “I’m a dirty old man and you love it,” according to the victim.
“I would look back at my messages with him and he said some weird things. At the time, I didn’t notice it was like grooming, but it is grooming,” the victim exclusively told The Post.
Wallace, who served as a sexual assault advocate for the Marines before becoming a recruiter out of Patchogue, met the victim during his first recruiting visit to Longwood High School in October, the teen revealed.
“He continued to speak to her about enlisting all this time as if the Marine Corps were his pimp and he their prostitute,” the victim’s mother revealed to The Post.
As a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocate with the Marines, Wallace was tasked with helping sexual assault victims recover from their attacks, serving as a go-between for resources and information.
There is more on this story in the NYPost.
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