Stanislaus County district attorney’s office officially has officially filed charges against former Modesto Junior College criminal justice instructor Frank Drummond, 42, of two felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with two friends of his daughters, ages 13 and 15. Prosecutors believe that the two girls were molested separately on August 9 and 20, respectively.
Drummond was first arrested at MJC on August 28, and has been on bail pending arraignment.
There was a third charge filed against Drummond, accusing him of oral copulation by use of force or injury, with a female between June 1990 and June 1991. Other information about this charge has not yet been released.
“It is not out of the ordinary for the charges to come this late after the initial arrest,” Assistant District Attorney Carol Shipley told the Modesto Bee (December 3). “We just want to make sure that we have the evidence if we go forward with it. This is just one of those cases that needed a little more investigation time before we filed charges.”
Drummond’s attorney, Kirk McAllister told the Log, “The charges against Frank are groundless, and the fact that the D.A. is trying to reach back into the past and charge things that supposedly happened a while ago are showing that they are on a witch hunt.”
In April 1991, right around the time the third charge occurred, Drummond, then an officer with the Modesto Police Department, was honored by the Modesto Civitan Club as officer of the year for his work in the community.
Drummond’s next court hearing is scheduled for January 15 at 8:30 a.m. in the Stanislaus County Superior Court.
Modesto Teacher Officially Charged on Two Counts of Molestation
Published: Friday, December 11, 2009
Updated: Friday, December 11, 2009
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