Lake County Sheriff’s Office badge featuring a gold six-point star with green oak leaves on each point and the California state seal in the center, bordered by the words “Lake County Sheriff” and “The Great Seal of the State of California.”
FILE – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office logo, serving Lake County, Calif. (Lake County Sheriff’s Office via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 2/13/26 — A Lake County Sheriff’s Office corrections deputy from Willits was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexually assaulting an inmate while on duty at a jail. 

Daniel Constancio Jr., a 35-year-old Willits resident, was arrested for allegedly engaging in unlawful sexual conduct with a female inmate at the Hill Road Correctional Facility in 2024, according to a Facebook post by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. 

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.