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Former sheriff's office employee found guilty of attempted sexual assault

May was employed by Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office as a Community Services Specialist. He has since been terminated.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — A former Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office employee has been found guilty of attempted sexual assault in connection with a 2021 crime, according to court records.

Caleb May, 20, was found guilty Sept. 2 of one count of attempted sexual assault and two counts of sexual exploitation of a child - video.

Prosecutors said after May was arrested in connection with the attempted sexual assault, investigators searched his electronic devices and found evidence that led prosecutors to file sexual exploitation of a child charges. Those two charges were added in Aug. 2021. 

May was employed by the sheriff's office as a Community Services Specialist at the time of the attempted sexual assault in May 2021. He was also a participant in the sheriff's office Explorer program, according to an arrest affidavit.

His job as a Community Services Specialist entailed taking reports on low-priority calls where there was no suspect information, the sheriff's office said. Community Services Specialists have no powers of enforcement.

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The sheriff's office said May arrived at the location of the crime driving a sheriff's office vehicle and wearing clothing supplied by the sheriff's office.

The sheriff's office said May was terminated immediately after a criminal investigation and the filing of charges with the district attorney's office.

"We hope [that] this verdict helps the victim and their family begin the healing process," the sheriff's office said in a statement. 

May will be sentenced on Nov. 7. 

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