Golf Club Managers Guilty in Sex Case

Two managers of a Norco golf course pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy charges for allowing prostitutes to set up tents and provide sexual favors to golfers participating in a tournament two years ago.

Jason Wood, 38, and Darren Bollinger, 30, both of Temecula, were arrested after Riverside County sheriff’s deputies raided a tournament in June 2002 at Hidden Valley Golf Club, where the two men and an accomplice permitted the prostitutes to set up tents on the course.

The two entered the plea agreement after a third defendant, Sandy Juarez of Lancaster, struck a deal with prosecutors to testify against them. The judge in the case also urged Wood and Bollinger to reach a plea agreement.

Defense attorney Steve Harmon declined to comment on the details of the agreement.

The two men pleaded guilty to two felony counts of conspiracy to corrupt the public morals.

Riverside Dist. Atty. Art Chang said more severe prostitution charges were not pursued because the men did not provide the prostitutes.

“It’s our belief that they were aiders and abettors,” Chang said.

Prosecutors contend that Juarez provided the prostitutes. She pleaded guilty to the same charges as Wood and Bollinger in exchange for her testimony, and was sentenced to 120 days in jail and fined $10,000.

Sentencing for Wood and Bollinger is scheduled for October. Chang said they probably will receive probation and a fine.