Ex-Kern Co. detentions deputy branded sex offender
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A former Kern County detentions deputy was senteced Tuesday for sexual contact with a female inmate.
Ralph James Kress was accused of assaulting the woman in December while she was being booked into the Mojave jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism. The woman reported the assault after she was released from custody, and Kress was eventually fired.
Kress pleaded no contest last month in Kern County court to a felony count of preventing or dissuading a witness or victim from reporting a crime and a misdemeanor count of touching a person intimately against their will.
Tuesday, Kress was sentenced to one year and four months in prison. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender.
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Sixteen months is all that wuss gets? Â Does that include "touching inmates intimately against their will"?
How rude of me to poke fun at Captain Wussy Kress. But better to have a DOUBLE STANDARD Â than NONE at all. I hope the judge remembers to schedule Capt Wuss for cuddly-wuddly time..