David Renteria III, County Firefighter, Charged
MURRIETA (CNS) – A 51-year-old Riverside County firefighter accused of sexually assaulting three women — including while he was on duty in Temecula — was charged today with a dozen felony and misdemeanor offenses, including forcible rape and kidnapping to commit rape.
David Renteria III of Placentia was originally arrested last month following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation initiated in the fall.
Renteria is charged with four counts of forcible rape, two counts of sodomy and one count each of kidnapping to commit rape, forcible oral copulation, assault with intent to commit rape, false imprisonment, sexual battery and indecent exposure, with sentence-enhancing allegations of targeting multiple individuals in sex crimes.
The defendant, who is being held in lieu of $5 million bail at the Byrd Detention Center, was slated to make his initial court appearance Wednesday afternoon at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.
Renteria was first taken into custody on April 24 and posted an unspecified bond, after which he was released. Jail records indicated, however, that he was re-arrested at his residence on Magnolia Avenue by sheriff’s deputies on Saturday.
Since Jan. 4, the defendant has been on indefinite leave from his job as a firefighter-paramedic with Cal Fire, which has long contracted with Riverside County for fire protection services. It was unclear whether he was still drawing a salary
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