A former highway patrolman, fired after being convicted of inappropriate behavior on the Central Coast, was hauled before a Butte County Judge Tuesday as prosecutors presented testimony alleging he committed lewd acts on a child.
The alleged victim in the case is a boy younger than 14. The abuse allegedly occurred between March and June of last year and happened in the Chico area. Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said the defendant, 34-year-old Jacob Duenas, was convicted of two misdemeanor counts of child molestation in Monterey County in 2008.