Prison for Life for Former L.A. County Sheriff Psychologist Who Molested Children

January 31, 2018

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Department psychologist Michael Dane Ward, age 46, was charged in 2016 with 10 felony counts related to the molestation of two young children that included lewd acts, oral copulation and sodomy. The assaults occurred between October 2013 and November 2015. Both children, a boy and a girl, were under the age of 10 at the time.

Ward was given a sentence of 98 years to life in state prison by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench.

SOURCE: Sara Cardine, "La Cañada man, a former sheriff’s psychologist, sentenced to life for sex crimes against children," La Cañada Valley Sun News, 30 Jan 2018, http://www.latimes.com/socal/la-canada-valley-sun/news/tn-vsl-me-michael-ward-sentenced-20180130-story.html