Retired judge facing sexual assault allegations in Fresno County: DA

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Fresno County justice is facing intersexual battle allegations pursuing an incidental earlier this year, according to the DA's office.

Officials announced Monday that a expansive assemblage indictment was unsealed against a retired Fresno County Superior Court Judge Adolfo Corona. The DA says the unsealing took spot successful Department 72 of the Fresno County Superior Court successful beforehand of the Honorable Joseph Kalashian (Ret.) of Tulare County.

The felony indictment filed successful Fresno County Superior Court alleges that connected March 14, 2024, Adolfo Corona committed the following: 

• One number of intersexual penetration by force, fear, oregon duress

 • One number of intersexual battery

If convicted of each charges, the DA says Corona faces a maximum of 8 years successful authorities situation and would beryllium required to registry arsenic a enactment offender. 

Corona was notified of the charges and arraigned and entered a not-guilty plea.

Corona's bail is acceptable astatine $70,000. Corona has been ordered to station his bail by 5 p.m. connected Monday - oregon crook himself into the Fresno County Jail.