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Former S.F. sheriff’s deputy arrested, charged with 2 felonies for alleged jail sexual assault 6%
By Oscar Palma3%
7/17/2026, 10:10:00 PM
Keywords: San Francisco Sheriffs Office, Sfpd
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A former San Francisco sheriff’s deputy was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of felony sexual assault for an alleged incident involving a transgender woman at a San Francisco county jail in September.
Police officers placed 34-year-old Damon Jones under arrest for the alleged sexual assault, which purportedly took place on Sept. 11, 2025 at San Francisco’s County Jail No.
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Mission Local reported on the alleged incident and Jones’ firing in October 2025.
According to prosecutors’ account, Jones told the victim to perform oral sex on him while she was in jail.
After allegedly agreeing to do so, the victim saved ejaculate fluid in her mouth and later spat it in a plastic bag, which she gave to her attorney.
According to the district attorney’s office, jail surveillance video shows Jones and the victim going into the jail’s gym.
From there, Jones then heads to a bathroom, and the victim follows him.
Less than two minutes later, the victim comes out of the bathroom, pulls a plastic bag from her sock and spits in it.
Jones then emerges from the restroom and returns the victim to her cell.
The victim’s attorney subsequently transported the evidence to a crime lab, where the police department later retrieved it.
A DNA test found the semen matched Jones’, according to the district attorney’s office.
Jones is the second San Francisco deputy arrested this week for alleged sexual misconduct.
On Monday, the district attorney’s office charged deputy Nanette Musto with two misdemeanor charges for allegedly assaulting a female inmate last July.
The two incidents and arrests are unrelated, according to a district attorney spokesperson.
According to prosecutors, Jones told the victim to keep quiet after the alleged September incident, and told her that no one would believe her if she spoke out.
Jones also suggested that he would transfer the victim to a unit where she would feel less safe if she said anything, according to the prosecutors’ account.
“I hope that these investigations, that these charges that have been yielded in both of these recent cases send a message, however, to that staff that there is no tolerance for this type of conduct,” said District Attorney Jenkins at a press conference on Friday.
“We, as law enforcement, have the obligation to hold each other accountable when the law is broken and when the public’s trust is violated,” she said.
“My hope is that we have sent the message that things should be different.”
In a statement, the public defender’s office said it “ 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.”
Twenty women sued the city and the sheriff’s department last year, alleging they were strip searched en masse while in jail and filmed by deputies, Mission Local reported.
The office called attention to “a jail that is dangerously overcrowded” and noted the lack of “basic necessities like sunlight.”
Following the Wednesday arrest, which happened in Solano County, Jones was set free after posting bail.
It is unclear when Jones’ court date will be as the San Francisco Police Department is still waiting for Solano County to transfer documents related to his case, Jenkins said.
The victim reported the alleged September incident soon after the purported abuse took place.
When asked why the investigation took almost a year, Jenkins said today that there were concerns about the initial investigation, which was conducted by the sheriff’s department.
A second investigation, undertaken by SFPD’s special victims unit, began almost from scratch.
“So they took that baton right away, but that investigation did take time,” Jenkins said.
“Now we are here and it’s been completed with the charges.”
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