Deputy Pleads Not Guilty in Card Theft
A Monterey County sheriff’s deputy accused of stealing a jail inmate’s ATM card used it to buy $480 worth of pornography, the inmate alleged.
Deputy Aaron Alexander Urquidez, 34, was arrested after the victim’s father learned his Internet e-mail address, sent him a message posing as a woman and arranged a meeting, said Rick Cremona, the alleged victim.
Urquidez, an eight-year veteran, was in a Salinas courtroom Wednesday for arraignment. He pleaded not guilty to charges of theft, grand theft and burglary.
Urquidez remains free on $75,000 bail. He is due back in court July 23.
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