Ex Solano-Area Cop Arrested for Domestic Violence

SOLANO COUNTY, CA -- A man who was previously a a high ranking official with police departments in two different Solano County cities has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, according to police in the Placer County city of Roseville.

Sidney DeJesus, 56, a former Vallejo Police lieutenant and ex-San Pablo Police commander, was arrested at 12:10 a.m. the morning of Jan. 8 in Roseville, located in the Sacramento metropolitan area, and was released from Placer County Jail after posting $50,000 bond, Roseville police spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther said.

Roseville police went to a residence in west Roseville at 11:42 p.m. Jan. 7 in response to a domestic violence report, Gunther said.

Officers contacted a woman with visible facial injuries from an assault and learned the suspect was a man she was dating. The woman declined medical assistance, Gunther said.

Police stopped DeJesus's vehicle on westbound Baseline Road near Fiddyment Road and arrested him without incident, Gunther said.

DeJesus was with the Vallejo Police Department for 22 years before joining the San Pablo Police Department last year. He served as a spokesman for both departments. He is no longer a San Pablo Police Department employee, Cmdr. Gene Alameda said.

DeJesus is scheduled to appear in Placer County Superior Court in Roseville on Feb. 27.

Bay City News contributed to this report/Image via Roseville Police