RIVERSIDE — A former U.S. Homeland Safety particular agent was sentenced to life in federal jail Monday for sexually assaulting two ladies he silenced by telling them he was “above the legislation.”
John Jacob Olivas, 48, of Riverside was sentenced by a choose who stated he had engaged in “systematic torture of ladies” and his victims would “reside with this trauma for the remainder of their lives,” the U.S. legal professional’s workplace stated in a press release.
Final December, Olivas was discovered responsible of three counts of deprivation of rights beneath colour of legislation.
Olivas started his profession with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2007 and resigned in 2015 after working for greater than six years as a Homeland Safety particular agent.
Olivas attacked each ladies in 2012, prosecutors stated.
One sufferer testified that Olivas tried to rape her “after making it clear to her that the police wouldn't be aware of any report she would make about Olivas as a result of he was ‘above a cop,’ and ‘untouchable’ and ‘invisible’ to police” due to his federal place, the U.S. legal professional’s workplace assertion stated.
The girl additionally stated Olivas instructed her that he might make her “disappear,” have her arrested on faux fees or have her kids taken from her, the assertion stated.
Olivas additionally raped one other girl on two separate events. She testified that Olivas made feedback that led her to consider he couldn’t be touched by the felony justice system, and earlier than the primary rape threatened her along with his service gun, authorities stated.
Olivas confirmed his Homeland Safety credentials to each victims and asserted “that he was above the legislation,” prosecutors wrote in court docket paperwork.