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A deputy sheriff will be prosecuted on felony criminal charges that accuse him of having sex with an underage female Explorer scout, San Bernardino County district attorney officials announced Thursday.
Prosecutors filed two counts of oral copulation with a person under the age of 18 against Deputy Anthony James Benjamin, of Beaumont. The five-year sheriff's veteran is scheduled to be arraigned July 6 in Victorville where he was assigned.
The victim is 18, but was 17 when the incidents occurred, beginning last July, according to the charges.
Benjamin, 30, is among two deputies who have been arrested since April on charges of having sex with female Explorers, a scouting group sponsored by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
Benjamin is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a departmental investigation, said sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Bachman. Deputy Nathan James Gastineau, of Redlands, was arrested April 22 for investigation of committing a lewd act with a 16-year-old girl.
Gastineau's employment with the department ended Wednesday, Bachman said. He is scheduled to be arraigned June 27 in San Bernardino Superior Court. A 10-year sheriff's veteran, Gastineau supervised the Highland station's Explorer program.
Last month, Sheriff Rod Hoops suspended the ride-along program for at least 60 days pending a review of the Explorer program, including the training, evaluation and selection of the deputies who supervise it.
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