A former Placer County sheriff's deputy must serve two years in a county jail for having sexual relationships with two underage girls during his years as a peace officer.
Michael Stuart Johnson, 26, also was placed on five years' probation and must register as a sex offender, a judge ordered on Aug. 13.
Johnson, 26, will not be allowed to do alternative sentencing, and he cannot be released early from jail based on good behavior or other credits, retired Placer Superior Court Judge J. Richard Couzens said.
The ex-deputy will be allowed to do his time in an unnamed county jail, the judge said, expressing concern for Johnson's safety if he were sent to a state prison.
Johnson, who worked two years for the Sheriff's Department, was arrested Oct. 5 after detectives looked into reports of his relationship with a 16-year-old girl in Colfax, where he was a patrol officer.
Investigators also found he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl from 2003 to 2004, when he was a police officer in Auburn.
In addition, the probe uncovered the alleged distribution of lewd material to a 15-year-old girl in 2007 and the illegal use of a law enforcement computer system.
Johnson resigned as a deputy in December 2007 and pleaded guilty in May to five criminal charges. He faced a state prison term of four years and eight months. With good behavior, Johnson could have been eligible for release after two years and four months, prosecutor Garen Horst said.
He said the two-year county jail sentence "is not a slap on the wrist."
Four arrested in liquor sting
Four adults were cited for allegedly buying liquor for minors during a recent sting operation in Roseville, police reported.
The operation, known as a "shoulder tap," was conducted Aug. 12 at six locations by police, who used minors as decoys to approach nearly 100 adults in front of the stores and ask them if they could buy liquor for them, said police spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther.
Of the four adults cited, one also was arrested on a drug- related felony warrant, Gun-ther said.
In addition to Roseville, the police departments of Rocklin and Lincoln and agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control participated in the sting.
Police hand out 130 tickets
Roseville police issued 130 traffic citations during a "zero tolerance" effort last week on Cirby Way near Riverside Avenue.
Department spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther said 75 percent of the violations were for unsafe speed in a construction zone.
Most of the violators were driving at 40 to 45 mph in the 25-mile zone, she said.
The other 25 percent of the citations were issued to motorists for seat belt and cell phone violations, Gunther said.
The operation was conducted from 6 to 10 a.m. Aug. 13.
Gunther said officers chose the Cirby-Riverside area for the enforcement effort because Cirby Way is being widened between Riverside Avenue and Foothills Boulevard and police had noticed drivers ignoring the slower speed limit.
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