A Riverside police officer is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on charges he molested a teenage girl.
Anthony Wayne Fletcher, 38, of Eastvale, was arrested Dec. 24 by Riverside County sheriff's detectives. He faces three felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor and three misdemeanors of annoying/molesting a child.
The incidents in the complaint took place in August, according to a criminal complaint filed in Riverside County Superior Court.
The girl, now 17, said Fletcher fondled her breasts numerous times over two years, all when he believed she was sleeping, sheriff's investigators wrote in a declaration in support of an arrest warrant.
Fletcher's attorney, Mark Johnson, did not return requests for comment Friday. In a brief interview with detectives on Oct. 22, Fletcher denied the allegations, according to the declaration.
The Riverside police weapons expert remains employed by the department, officials said Friday. They declined to comment further.
Sheriff's investigators received the case on Oct. 19, after the girl made the allegations first to a friend and then to her mother, according to the arrest warrant declaration.
The teen said she kept the secret for a long time because she didn't want to hurt her relatives, Investigator Chris Barajas wrote. After learning of a dispute between Fletcher and another family member, she told her mother, the declaration states.
4 comments:
You may want to correct this post....Anthony Wayne Fletcher's conviction - ramrodded by the department he worked for and trusted - was DISMISSED by the Appellate Judges!!!! and rightfully so. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Posts such as this push jurors to be biased against cops, too. I am glad that the appellate judges saw how unsubstantiated the D.A.'s case was - and that the jurors were quite obviously biased against cops. Can't wait until the paperwork is finalized!
Re convicted.
Creepy... that guy was in my house.
I was told by more than one person in the courtrooms while his trial was underway he was most likely guilty. Somehow I cannot fathom someone molesting let alone his own daughter. If it did in fact happen he is beyond sick and needs help. I hope he gets it.
It appears that most including leaders at his fathers church stand behind him and his Not guilty plea. I feel so sorry for the situation that vernier was thrown into. It's tru that some innocent people end up convicted. Only Anthony (rod) his daughter and god knows how the truth. The reason I,m posting here is that I,m the father of two girls and how am I to act when I cross paths with him? We live in the same community.
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