Post by KC on Aug 4, 2006 21:36:30 GMT -5
August 06, 2006 - WESTMINSTER – A former policeman who voluntarily returned to the United States to face prosecution on a charge he had sexual contact with a teenage girl was allowed to remain free today on $150,000 bail.
Officer Jason David Rosewarne, 35, who fled to London after he was charged with improper sexual activity with a girl in the police Explorer program in 2002, faces a potential three-year prison term if he is convicted.
Rosewarne was listed on the Orange County District Attorney's 10 Most Wanted list until he returned to California last month after living in England for more than three years.
"I just wanted closure in this case," he said outside a Westminster courtroom.
"I don't want anything hanging over my head."
Orange County Superior Court Commissioner Richard Pacheco raised Rosewarne's bail from $20,000 to $150,000 today and scheduled a pre-trial hearing on Sept. 8.
Deputy District Attorney Kal Kaliban contends that Rosewarne sent sexual text messages and engaged in sexual conversations that led to kissing, fondling and other sexual contact with the 17-year-old female Explorer.
www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1234074.php
Officer Jason David Rosewarne, 35, who fled to London after he was charged with improper sexual activity with a girl in the police Explorer program in 2002, faces a potential three-year prison term if he is convicted.
Rosewarne was listed on the Orange County District Attorney's 10 Most Wanted list until he returned to California last month after living in England for more than three years.
"I just wanted closure in this case," he said outside a Westminster courtroom.
"I don't want anything hanging over my head."
Orange County Superior Court Commissioner Richard Pacheco raised Rosewarne's bail from $20,000 to $150,000 today and scheduled a pre-trial hearing on Sept. 8.
Deputy District Attorney Kal Kaliban contends that Rosewarne sent sexual text messages and engaged in sexual conversations that led to kissing, fondling and other sexual contact with the 17-year-old female Explorer.
www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1234074.php