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Trio who inflicted sexual, psychological abuse on Turpin kids sentenced
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Attorneys: Riverside County, foster agency need to pay for what happened to clients By Paul J. Young, City News Service
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Former deputy sentenced for scam involving illicit tows in Temecula Valley By City News Service
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ix children rescued from a home where their natural parents imprisoned them only to be placed with a Perris foster family who treated them like "animals" are "content" that the defendants have been sentenced, their attorneys said Monday, but now they're waiting for their lawsuit against Riverside County and a child placement agency to be resolved, ideally for the good of current and future foster kids. "These siblings are extremely relieved the defendants can never do to another child what happened to them," attorney Elan Zektser said during a briefing outside the Riverside Historic Courthouse Monday. "But now they're asking, what's next? Each of them truly wants to see change." Zektser represents two of the girls from the Turpin family, while fellow attorney Roger Booth represents four other children — all of whom were placed with Marcelino Camacho Olguin, 65, his wife, Rosa Armida Olguin, 60, and their adult daughter, Lennys Giovanna Olguin, 39, after the victims were rescued from an oftdescribed "house of horrors" maintained by their parents in 2018. The Olguins reached plea deals with the DA's office, and on Friday, they were sentenced. Marcelino Olguin admitted seven counts of lewd acts on a minor and one count of false imprisonment. He received
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former Riverside County sheriff's deputy who joined two colleagues in a scam that involved the lawmen steering business to the proprietor of a tow company in exchange for bribes was sentenced Friday to two years' probation. Retired Deputy Kevin Alton Carpenter pleaded guilty in March 2023 to receiving a bribe, conspiracy and unlawful use of a government computer network. No charges were dismissed under the plea deal with the prosecution. Superior Court Judge Jerry Yang certified the terms and imposed the stipulated sentence. In addition to felony probation, the judge ordered Carpenter to serve six months in a sheriff's work release program. At the end of June, a Riverside jury convicted former sheriff's Lt. Samuel Flores, former sheriff's Sgt. Robert Martin Christolon and Cody Close in the fraud that resulted in unwarranted costs for an unknown number of county See Scam Page 15 David Allen Turpin and Louise Anna Turpin. | Photos courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department
seven years in state prison and was ordered to register as a sex offender for life. His wife admitted three counts of child abuse and one count each of witness intimidation, grand theft and false imprisonment. She received four years' felony probation. The couple's daughter admitted three counts of child abuse and one count each of false imprisonment and witness intimidation. She received four years' probation. Coordinating with placement agency ChildNet, county Child Protective Services placed the six victims with the Olguins despite complaints of prior abuse in their home, according to the plaintiffs. When CPS agents were alerted to the endangerment of the Turpin children, they failed
to act, according to Zektser and Booth. "The county and ChildNet told them, 'Trust us; we got you,'" Zektser said. "Then they placed them with child abusers and molesters. I was the head of the sexual assault unit at the (Riverside County) District Attorney's Office, and I can tell you, prosecutors there are sick and tired of dealing with these cases from CPS." The county Executive Office released a statement to City News Service Monday calling the Turpin siblings' experiences "heartbreaking." "We remain committed to their wellbeing and their lifelong journey of healing," the EO stated. "We appreciate our county and commuSee Foster agency Page 31
nity partners, who collaborate with us to support this family, and every family, with services and resources." Zektser said instead of removing the victims from the house to take statements from them in late 2020 and early 2021, the minors were interviewed by agents in front of the defendants, causing them to clam up. It was only when the sheriff's detective who had investigated the victims' parents, Tom Salisbury, learned of the abuse allegations against the Olguins that the siblings were interviewed by "professionals," culminating in a criminal investigation and charges, the attorneys said. "Salisbury insisted they be removed from that home
Riverside board approves appropriations for auto theft task force By City News Service
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he Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved appropriating up to $1.75 million over five years to support a Riverside County law enforcement task force focused on investigating and stopping vehicle thefts. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board signed off on the Riverside County Sheriff's Department's request for the General Fund outlay to ensure the Riverside Auto Theft Interdiction Detail — RAID — has sufficient resources to continue operations to the beginning of 2029. The bulk of RAID's funding — $11.72 million — will be drawn from a sheriff's trust fund specifically established to cover the task force's costs, according to documents posted to the board's agenda. A memorandum of understanding, retroactive to Jan. 1, was required between the board and sheriff's department to formally arrange the expenditures. The trust fund relies on a $2 surcharge added to every county motorist's registration fees for revenue. See Auto theft Page 32