A Riverside County probation officer suspected of intimacy with a juvenile inmate and accessing government data illegally was out of custody Monday.
Nancy Veronica Salcedo, 43, of Indio, was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail Sunday on suspicion of inappropriate contact with a minor and unauthorized use of government computers. Salcedo posted an unspecified bond and was let out of the downtown Riverside jail in the predawn hours Monday.
Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Peters said undisclosed parties from the Department of Probation contacted the Special Victims Unit Thursday, alerting them to possible illicit activity involving the suspect and the boy, apparently at Riverside Juvenile Hall.
The youth’s identity was not released.
Peters said further investigation confirmed alleged inappropriate contact, culminating in a search warrant being served at Salcedo’s residence on Bismark Court, where she was taken into custody without incident Sunday evening.
“This is an ongoing investigation, and no other details are available at this time,” the sergeant said.
There was no word regarding how long the agent and juvenile had been in contact, or whether she was assigned to his case.
It was also unclear whether Salcedo had been placed on administrative leave.
Her length of employment with the county additionally was not disclosed.
Investigators are trying to determine whether Salcedo may have had inappropriate contact with other teenagers.
Anyone with information was asked to call the Special Victims Unit at 951-955-1700.