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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A national expansive assemblage successful Fresno returned an indictment charging a erstwhile Fresno County Superior Court Judge with national offenses for intersexual battle and obstruction offenses.
The Justice Department announced Friday that a expansive assemblage returned a five-count indictment charging erstwhile Judge Adolfo Corona, 66, with national offenses for sexually assaulting a 33-year-old tribunal employee, making mendacious statements to screen up the assault, and obstructing the probe into allegations that helium besides sexually assaulted a 43-year-old tribunal worker successful his chambers.
According to the indictment, connected March 14, 2024, Corona, portion serving arsenic a California Superior Court Judge, led a unfortunate into a courthouse stairwell wherever helium sexually assaulted her.
The indictment besides alleges that Corona, during abstracted interviews with the FBI and tribunal administrators, made mendacious statements astir the circumstances of his battle connected the victim.
The indictment besides alleges that Corona obstructed the probe into allegations that he sexually assaulted different victim.
According to the indictment, Corona was unsocial with the unfortunate successful his chambers for astir 2 hours connected Dec. 5, 2023, and she was aboriginal recovered unsocial successful the judge’s chambers aft passing out.
The indictment charges that Corona falsely told the FBI that helium near the unfortunate unsocial successful his chambers portion helium drove to prime up a motorcycle.
It besides charges that Corona attempted to transportation a motorcycle dealership worker to alteration institution records to falsely bespeak that helium had picked up his motorcycle successful bid to corroborate his alibi.
If convicted, Corona faces a maximum punishment of 40 years successful situation connected the intersexual battle complaint and 20 years connected each of the obstruction charges. A national justice volition find immoderate condemnation aft considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and different statutory factors.
