RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: SCOTT COLE: ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TEENAGE GIRL

Friday, December 03, 2010

SCOTT COLE: ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TEENAGE GIRL

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By Randy Economy

www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com

December 3, 2010

1:12 a.m.

SANTA ANA – Disturbing news out of the OC on Thursday.

Scott Cole, 41, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department Deputy was arraigned Thursday on a charge of sexually assaulting a teenage girl while on duty.

Cole, a resident of Hesperia, was charged with one felony count of sexual penetration by a foreign object of a minor. If convicted, Cole faces a maximum sentence of three years in state prison.

He is being held on a $20,000 bail.

Here is what Cole is accused of doing:

On June 23, 2010, Cole while on duty and responding to a call from a home located in an unincorporated area of Tustin investigating a possible jewelry theft case.

When the mother of alleged 17-year-old victim called OCSD reporting the crime, Cole is accused of entering the home and talking to the mother, Jane Doe (the victim), and Jane Doe’s sister in the living room.

Cole is accused of entering the victims bedroom and telling the victim to take off some of her clothes and then leaving her bedroom. After talking to the mother and sister in the living room again, he is accused of going back to Jane Doe’s room and closing the door. Cole is accused of digitally penetrating Jane Doe. Once Cole left the residence, the victim immediately disclosed the sexual assault to her mother.

Creepy. Just plain creepy. It these charges are true, what the hell was this guy thinkin?

OCSD began the initial investigation after being contacted by the victim’s mother to report the crime. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office assisted in the subsequent investigation.

The Department publically reported his arrest in June and he has been on administrative
leave since then. He had posted bond and was released from jail.

Assistant Sheriff Mike James said of the re-arrest today:

“Today is a very difficult day for us as we arrested one of our own for a crime that is the worst violation of public trust. This arrest stems from a very thorough, five-month long investigation we conducted with the Orange County District Attorney’s office. I cannot comment on the specifics of the investigation except to say that the Deputy worked in North Patrol and was put on administrative leave the same day we received the complaint.

Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and the members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will not tolerate any of our personnel dishonoring our badge. The public should be assured that we will use whatever resources are necessary to bring this case to justice.”

Anyone with additional information or who believes they have been a victim is encouraged to contact Supervising District Attorney Investigator Randy Litwin at (714) 347-8794.

Deputy District Attorney Robert Mestman of the Sexual Assault Unit is prosecuting this case.

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