A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department custody assistant is scheduled to be sentenced July 7 for his no contest plea to forcing a female inmate to engage in sex acts at the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.
Daniel Joseph Everts pleaded no contest to one felony count each of forcible oral copulation; oral copulation under color of authority; and sexual activity with a detained inmate, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
The prosecution will seek an eight-year prison sentence for the 30-year-old Everts. He will be required to register as a sex offender for 20 years under state law, prosecutors said.
The plea during a pretrial hearing at the Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles Friday was entered over an objection from the prosecution, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
The crimes Everts was charged with occurred in June 2019.
“What happened to the victim in this case is unconscionable, and our office will not tolerate such egregious abuses of authority,” District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement. “A member of law enforcement who commits sex crimes against an inmate in their custody deserves to be imprisoned.
“Our prosecutors will vigorously argue for the maximum sentence in state prison.”