Another Arrest For San Leandro Area Sheriff's Deputy

SAN LEANDRO, CA — An Alameda County sheriff's deputy who had worked out of the Eden Township substation in San Leandro, just added to his woes.

Jason Deitschman, 49, of Castro Valley, was arrested in Alameda late Saturday night on suspicion of misdemeanor battery and public intoxication for allegedly hitting a man during a drunken altercation on a boat, according to Alameda Police Lt. Hosh Durani.

Deitschman was already charged with misdemeanor child molestation involving another case.

Officers responded to the boat in Alameda after the victim called police to report that a man, later identified as Deitschman, was on his boat and had hit him, Durani said.

Suspects who are arrested for misdemeanor offenses normally are cited and released at the scene, but Deitschman was so intoxicated that officers took him to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin so he could be held there until he sobered up, according to Durani.

Deitschman, a nine-year sheriff's veteran, was previously charged with one misdemeanor count of annoying or molesting a minor for allegedly sending sexual text messages to a 15-year-old girl and inappropriately touching her.

Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said Monday that Deitschman has been on paid administrative leave since he was arrested last year.

Kelly said sheriff's officials already were investigating Deitschman for the allegations last year and are aware of his arrest in Alameda on Saturday.

— Bay City News contributed to this report

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