Ex-Officer Faces 65 Molestation Counts
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A former Riverside police officer sentenced in Wisconsin this year to more than 30 years in federal prison for engaging in sex acts with young boys as part of an Internet pornography ring has been extradited to Riverside County to face 65 criminal counts of molesting boys.
Adam James Brown is scheduled to be arraigned in Riverside County Superior Court next week.
He is being held at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.
Brown is accused of molesting four Riverside boys under the age of 12 during his time as a Riverside officer.
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