A 48-year-old former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent from Riverside who sexually assaulted two women was convicted of federal charges Wednesday, Dec. 21.Following a nearly two-week trial at U.S. District Court in downtown Riverside, a jury found John Jacobs Olivas guilty of three counts of deprivation of rights under color of law.U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal scheduled a sentencing hearing for Saturday, March 11. Olivas, who had been free on bond, was remanded into custody and placed in a federal detention center.The defendant faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.He was indicted in 2018 following an investigation that began three years earlier.According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Olivas was an ICE agent from 2007 until his resignation in 20
