Overview

• A federal grand jury in Fresno returned a five-count indictment on Thursday charging Adolfo Corona, 66, with sexual assault, obstruction, and making false statements.
• Prosecutors allege he led a 33-year-old court employee into a courthouse stairwell on March 14, 2024, where he sexually assaulted her.
• The indictment asserts he gave false accounts in separate interviews with the FBI and court administrators about the alleged stairwell assault.
• Prosecutors say he obstructed the probe into a Dec. 5, 2023 incident involving a 43-year-old employee found passed out in his chambers, including an attempt to get a motorcycle dealership to alter pickup records.
• If convicted, he faces up to 40 years on the sexual assault count and up to 20 years on each obstruction count; he is presumed innocent and the federal case proceeds alongside prior state charges.