Former sheriff’s deputy charged for alleged sexual assault in county jail 42%
By Jonah Owen Lamb23% George Kelly15%
7/17/2026, 11:01:33 PM
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A former San Francisco sheriff’s deputy was charged this week for allegedly sexually abusing a woman at the county jail.
Damon Jones, 34, faces two felonies charges stemming from an alleged sexual assault in September.
He was fired in October.
He could not be reached for comment.
The charges come after Deputy Nanette Musto, 52, was charged Monday in a separate case.
Musto faces charges of battery and assault by a public officer for allegedly touching a trans inmate’s breast in July 2025.
She pleaded not guilty.
Jones allegedly engaged in sexual activity with an incarcerated woman in a bathroom at County Jail No. 2, where he was working as a deputy, according to San Francisco Police Department Chief Derrick Lew.
Jones allegedly threatened the victim to discourage her from reporting the assault, Lew said.
The alleged abuse was made public roughly a month later.
Jones was fired, and the SFPD launched an investigation.
Jones has been charged with felony sexual activity with a confined adult in a detention facility and with felony dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said.
He was arrested Wednesday and booked into Solano County Jail.
No arraignment date has been set.
Jenkins said the investigation was initially handled by the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, which was alerted by the woman’s public defender.
Jenkins’ office asked the SFPD to take over the case after prosecutors raised concerns about the involvement of the public defender’s office in the sheriff’s department’s investigative process.
The public defender’s office said in a statement that no criminal case would have been filed had it not been for the accuser’s courage in coming forward.
“Our office remains deeply concerned about the safety of our clients in the jail, particularly our cis and trans women clients, who were also subjected to an illegal mass strip search last year.
These incidents did not occur in a vacuum.
They happened in a jail that is dangerously overcrowded with people who are not allowed access to even basic necessities like sunlight.”
Despite the allegations of criminal misconduct in the jails, Jenkins said she believes Sheriff Paul Miyamoto runs a well-functioning department, though “we encounter bad actors” in law enforcement.
Miyamoto’s department said in a statement that the “safety, security, and well-being of the people entrusted to our care remain our highest priority,” and noted, “We understand that public trust is earned through accountability, transparency, and a willingness to take decisive action when misconduct occurs.
The filing of criminal charges demonstrates that the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office remains committed to holding our own accountable.”
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