A former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy pleaded responsible Friday to twenty felony and misdemeanor expenses involving intercourse acts with underage ladies, in addition to makes an attempt to fulfill up with minors for sexual functions.
Jaylen Devon Fleer, 27, previously a member of the sheriff’s jail and court-services unit, was arrested final 12 months following an almost four-month investigation.
The case got here to mild in April 2020, when San Diego County Crime Stoppers acquired suggestions relating to an unidentified man who had engaged in intercourse acts with a juvenile, in accordance with Chula Vista police.
“Investigators have been in a position to determine the suspect and likewise decide that there have been two extra underage victims,” Chula Vista police Lt. Dan Peak mentioned on the time of Fleer’s arrest.
Peak mentioned the offenses weren’t associated to Fleer’s employment.
The legal criticism referenced a fourth sufferer, with all charged acts occurring between March 27 and April 8 of final 12 months.
Prosecutors mentioned the victims, recognized within the criticism as Jane Does 1 via 4, didn’t know each other. How Fleer met the victims has not been disclosed.
Fleer stays out of custody pending his June 18 sentencing in a Chula Vista courtroom.
San Diego Superior Court docket Choose Michael Popkins mentioned Fleer is predicted to face between 10 and 12 years in state jail. Nevertheless, ought to the prosecution search an extended sentence and persuade the choose that greater than 12 years is warranted, Fleer would have the correct to withdraw his responsible plea, Popkins mentioned.
Through the investigation, Fleer, who had been with the Sheriff’s Division for simply over 5 years, was faraway from a publish at San Diego Central Jail and positioned on desk obligation, the company reported. He had no on-duty contact with the general public after being reassigned.
“Despite the fact that the allegation(s) had nothing to do with Fleer’s duties as a deputy, they have been so critical that every one peace-officer authority was taken away from him,” the division mentioned in a press release. “The Sheriff’s Division takes allegations of criminality by its staff very severely. We maintain all our deputies to the best requirements and can maintain
deputies who violate the legislation accountable.”
Fleer’s official termination date was July 29, the date he was arraigned.
