CVSP Officer Arrested

BLYTHE - Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP) Correctional Officer Rafael Salcedo, Jr. was booked into Riverside County Jail on Sunday on suspicion of bringing drugs onto prison grounds along with other drug related charges.


Salcedo, 35, and a 12-year veteran of CVSP, was taken into custody on the prison grounds by agents from California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Office of Internal Affairs (OIA).

He faces charges of possession of narcotics; marijuana for sale; conspiracy to commit crimes; possession of a controlled substance; and bribery of a public officer.

He is currently on administrative leave pending investigation by OIA.

Salcedo was released on a $50,000 bail on Oct. 2.