Appeals Court Reinstates Verdicts Against Ex-SDPD Officer

Anthony Arevalos is in state prison, for sexually assaulting five women at DUI checkpoints

There was a legal setback Tuesday for a former San Diego police officer convicted of molesting female motorists.

Anthony Arevalos is in state prison, for sexually assaulting five women at DUI checkpoints.

The trial judge threw out two of the guilty verdicts, because the prosecutor withheld evidence.

That ruling would have taken years off the ex-cop's sentence.

But an appeals court has reversed that decision and reinstated those verdicts.

Arevalos will now serve his full, 8 year, 8 month sentence, unless the state supreme court takes the case, and rules in his favor.

The former officer preyed on women in the popular Gaslamp Quarter from 2009 to 2011.

As a result of the Arevalos scandal, the San Diego Police Department faced a wave of criticism and public scrutiny and the City of San Diego faced more than a dozen civil lawsuits.

Thirteen lawsuits were filed by victims of Arevalos, who was convicted in November 2011 of multiple felony counts of sexual battery, assault and asking for bribes while in uniform.

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