WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —
A former Northern California police officer is facing the possibility of life
behind bars after he was convicted of sexually assaulting five women while
authorities said he was on patrol.
The Sacramento Bee reports
(http://bit.ly/1jFSymO) that a Yolo County jury found Sergio Alvarez guilty on
Thursday of 18 counts of kidnapping, rape and forced oral copulation. The jury
could not reach a decision on ten other counts, including counts related to
Alvarez's alleged attack on a sixth woman. Prosecutors said Alvarez, while
serving as a West Sacramento police officer in 2011 and 2012, targeted drug
addicts and prostitutes. He allegedly forced them to perform sex acts in his
cruiser, back alleys and wooded lots. He is scheduled to be sentenced on April
4 and faces the possibility of multiple life sentences.