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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/la-deputy-arrested-
for-alleged-sex-crimes-with-teen-explorer.html

A Los Angeles County sheriff�s deputy was arrested this week and 
charged with sex crimes against a teenage girl enrolled in the 
department�s program for youths interested in law enforcement.

Deputy Manuel Enrique Perallon Jr. was charged with one felony 
count of oral copulation of a minor and misdemeanor child 
molesting. The deputy�s victim, authorities said, was a 16-year-
old girl enrolled in the sheriff's department�s Explorer program.

Perallon, 36, was in charge of overseeing the volunteer youth 
program at the Cerritos station. Sheriff�s officials received 
information last year that the deputy was engaged in an 
�inappropriate relationship� with a teenage Explorer and a probe 
was launched, said sheriff�s spokesman Steve Whitmore.

The investigation determined that Perallon had victimized the 
teen, Whitmore said, over the span of several months, sometimes 
while the deputy was on duty.

Supervision and auditing of the youth program has been 
heightened as a result, Whitmore said, though sheriff�s 
investigators do not believe Perallon had other victims.
The deputy faces a maximum prison term of four years. Following 
the felony charge, he was relieved of duty without pay.

�All crimes are heinous, especially ones like this,� Whitmore 
said. �Not only is it illegal, but it�s categorically 
unacceptable.�

The sheriff�s Explorer program is an incubator for youth 
interested in careers in law enforcement. Teen volunteers are 
allowed to assist law enforcement in basic tasks and are 
provided guidance in how to become cops once they�re older.