Inmate Claims Jailers Encouraged Beating

5-24-15 California:

FRESNO, Calif. (CN) - Sheriff's deputies in California's Central Valley opened a cell door to let inmates join in the beating of an alleged child molester, the man claims in court.

Carlos Carrasquilla sued Tulare County on May 13, alleging assault and battery, failure to intervene and constitutional violations.

Carrasquilla, who had no prior criminal record, was arrested by Exeter police in 2014 on a warrant from Los Angeles County stemming from an alleged incident of inappropriate contact with a minor 12 years ago. The accuser was in her late 20's when she made her claims, the complaint states.

Carrasquilla, then 54, was booked into Tulare County Jail to await transfer to Los Angeles County.

Within two days of his jailing, Tulare County sheriff's officers "began a concerted effort to disclose and to otherwise make it known to the general population of inmates that plaintiff was a 'child molester,'" the complaint states.

Examiner Bio Jaycee Lee Dugard case: Nancy Garrido threatened by fellow inmates

10-11-2009 California:

Convicted sex offender, Phillip Garrido, and his wife, Nancy, are behind bars, awaiting trial for kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard. They are also accused of holding her captive for 18 years in a makeshift backyard compound.

Media attention has focused on Phillip, however, Nancy is accused of being the individual who physically abducted Jaycee from a school bus stop in 1991. She was also allegedly responsible for holding Jaycee captive when Phillip was behind bars from April to August 1993, after his arrest for a parole violation.

The Ski Channel TV Network is reporting that Nancy has been placed in isolation because fellow inmates have threatened to rape and kill her. A source told the network she is “very lonely” and spends most of her time reading the Bible. She is also said to be very cooperative with the ongoing police investigation.

Jaycee, now 29, has been reunited with her family. She has two daughters who were fathered by Phillip Garrido during her almost two decades in captivity. ..Source.. by Cindy Adams