Tulare County probation officer arrested for inappropriate contact with teen

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Tulare County Sheriff's Office says 28-year-old Maricsa Banuelos of Visalia has been arrested for alleged inappropriate interaction with a 15-year-old girl.

Banuelos was sworn successful arsenic a subordinate of the Tulare County Probation Department successful July of 2024, according to a station connected the department's Facebook page.

Action News has reached retired to the Tulare County Probation Department for Banuelos' existent employment presumption but has not heard back.

The probe started backmost connected November 5, erstwhile the Sheriff's Office says a genitor reported their teen girl had been progressive with an adult.

They accidental the miss had been texting with Banuelos and the pistillate communicated intentions to conscionable for intersexual purposes.

Banuelos was booked into the Tulare County Jail connected a felony complaint but it appears she is present retired of jail.

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