El Dorado County correctional officer arrested for sexual assault

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office became aware of potential sexual assault allegations involving a correctional officer and immediately began an investigation. On November 22, 2024, El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Correctional Officer Michael Griffiths IV, 24 years old, was placed under arrest for sexual assault of an inmate.

Griffiths was booked into the El Dorado County Jail in Placerville for the criminal charge of 289.6(A)(2) PC (Consensual Sex with Adult Detained in Detention Facility) and with a bail amount set at $50,000. He is currently out on bail

The officer has been placed on administrative leave. There is no court date set at this time.

The investigation is ongoing and there is no further information at this time.