Overview

• Arcadio Rodriguez pleaded guilty in Orange County Superior Court to misdemeanor sexual battery, sexual activity with a confined adult and possessing a cellphone in jail.
• Judge Cynthia Herrera credited him with 364 days already served, imposed one year of probation and ordered at least 10 years of sex‑offender registration.
• Prosecutors say the misconduct at the Theo Lacy Facility in 2022 involved touching over jail uniforms, showing pornographic videos and directing the women to perform sexual acts.
• The Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigated its former deputy, leading to his August 2022 arrest and later GPS monitoring beginning in January 2025.
• District Attorney Todd Spitzer is seeking a change in state law to allow felony charges for over‑the‑clothes sexual contact by detention staff.