San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department
Press Release
DATE/TIME: July 8, 2016/5:05 p.m.
INCIDENT: Penal Code 289.6 (a)(2) Sexual Activity with Confined Consenting Adult
Penal Code 288a(e) Oral Copulation with a Confined Consenting Adult
LOCATION: 6527 White Feather Road, Joshua Tree
SUSPECT(S): Brian Derryberry, 24 years of age
VICTIM(S): Confidential Female Adults
Summary
On July 1, 2016, members of the Sheriff’s Department received information that a deputy sheriff, Brian Derryberry, was engaging in sexual activity with a female adult while she was incarcerated at the Morongo Jail. The allegation was immediately investigated by detectives from the Specialized Investigations Division. During the investigation, detectives obtained credible evidence indicating Derryberry had sexual contact with numerous female inmates while they were housed at the Morongo Jail. As a result of the investigation, detectives arrested Derryberry on July 8, 2016, at 5:05 p.m. and booked him at the High Desert Detention Center for Sexual Activity with a Confined Consenting Adult and Oral Copulation with a Confined Consenting Adult. He is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail. Derryberry was a member of the Sheriff’s Department since April, 2014. His last assignment was at the Morongo Station. Derryberry is no longer employed by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
Refer: Detective Donald Patton and Kathy Oros or Sergeant Dana Foster
Station: Specialized Investigations Division
Phone No. (909) 387-3615
Case No. 601600098
John McMahon, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
Sheriff’s Public Affairs Division
655 E. Third Street
San Bernardino, California 92415-0061
Telephone: (909) 387-3700
