{"id":537833,"date":"2021-05-23T15:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T19:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=537833"},"modified":"2021-05-23T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T19:06:00","slug":"a-sex-offender-is-running-for-student-body-president-at-a-community-college-this-isnt-a-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-sex-offender-is-running-for-student-body-president-at-a-community-college-this-isnt-a-first\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sex Offender Is Running For Student Body President At A Community College. This Isn\u2019t A First."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-sex-offender-is-running-for-student-body-president-at-a-community-college-this-isnt-a-first%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=537833&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-150818346-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A 45-year-old registered sex offender is running unopposed to be student body president at a community college in Southern California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pe.com\/2021\/05\/23\/another-convicted-sex-offender-running-for-student-body-president-at-rcc\/\"><span>Press-Enterprise<\/span><\/a><span>, Albert Steven Jaramillo is running for the position and has been a student Riverside City College (RCC) since January 2019. During his tenure at RCC Jaramillo served as the director of special events and is currently the director of the Inter-Club Council.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some have expressed concern about Jaramillo\u2019s involvement in the Inter-Club Council because there are minors in the group, the RCC student newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/viewpointsonline.org\/2021\/05\/14\/convicted-sex-offender-ran-unopposed-for-associated-students-of-riverside-city-college-presidency-doesnt-plan-to-step-down\/\">Viewpoints<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p><span>RCC spokeswoman Peggy Lomas praised Jarmaillo\u2019s student government leadership and involvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn student government, he\u2019s been nothing but a model leader,\u201d Lomas told the PE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2011, Jaramillo was charged with two felony counts of lewd acts with a child under 14-year-old as well as a misdemeanor for \u201clook[ing] through [a] hole or opening\u201d with \u201cintent to invade privacy,\u201d according to Riverside Superior Court Public Access documents that Viewpoints obtained. The California Megan\u2019s Law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meganslaw.ca.gov\/Search.aspx?l=jaramillo&amp;f=albert&amp;streetNum=&amp;streetName=&amp;aptSuiteNum=&amp;city=&amp;zip=&amp;r=#\">website<\/a>, which serves as a database for registered sex offenders, indicates Jaramillo pled guilty in 2014 to \u201clewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Students have expressed concerns over having a convicted sex offender as their student body president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s disheartening is when there\u2019s no consideration being given to survivors of sexual abuse. It is what it is and you just have to deal with it,\u201d RCC student Caresse Boulter told the Press-Enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that this news is out, what\u2019s going to be done for students interested in joining clubs or in student government?\u201d Boulter asked. \u201cIt\u2019s actually triggering to see that there\u2019s somebody who has this record who\u2019s now in the position of power making decisions for students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Jaramillo said he understood why students had concerns about his status as a sex offender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI understand the severity of the nature of my offense and have taken tremendous steps to learn and grow from it,\u201d Jaramillo said in a statement to the PE. \u201cI will continue to advocate for students to ensure that victims of any crime can receive the help they need. I will also advocate for formerly incarcerated students, of any crime, to be allowed the same opportunity to achieve higher education in a safe college environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to serving in student government on-campus, Jaramillo also serves as the student body representative for the Riverside Community College District\u2019s Board of trustees, the PE reported.<\/p>\n<p><span>According to the Press-Enterprise, this is not the first time a convicted sex offender has run for student body president at the community college. In 2012, 37-year-old Doug Robert Figueroa \u201cserved two one-year terms from 2013 through 2015,\u201d the spokeswoman confirmed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Figueroa, who pled guilty to \u201ctwo felony counts of kidnapping and sexually abusing a boy under the age of 14,\u201d spent one year in prison and 10 years on probation. When Figueroa ran for student body president, he reportedly alerted RCC officials but \u201cthere was no policy, statute or ordinance prohibiting from serving in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Figueroa\u2019s convictions came to light after a Viewpoints staff member found a flier, with the charges listed, on campus, the campus newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/viewpointsonline.org\/2013\/04\/03\/associated-students-of-riverside-city-college-a-registered-sex-offender\/\">reported<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Even if elected, Jaramillo says he will not step down from the student body president position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo other student stepped up to be student body president,\u201d he told Viewpoints. \u201cYou have a student who has a criminal past \u2014 who society wants him to never see the light of day \u2014 still stepping up and still volunteering to be student body president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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