Full Notification

MEDIA RELEASE
Contact: Sergeant Greg Stark
Release Date January 31, 2020
Release Time: 2:55 PM

Arrest for Unlawful Sexual Activity (Valley Springs)
On January 30th, 2020 at around 7:30 PM the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office received information that Tanner Lee Harrison (21 Year old from Valley Springs) engaged in unlawful sexual activity with a 13 year old juvenile. During the investigation, Detectives learned that Harrison originally met the victim via social media. Despite knowing the victim’s true age, Harrison convinced the juvenile to meet him during the early morning hours in a rural area of Valley Springs where he subsequently engaged in illegal sexual activity with the victim.
Harrison was arrested at his home in Valley Springs without incident. He was charged with several crimes related to forcible sexual activity with a child under the age of 14. He is being held in the Calaveras County Jail with a bail of $150,000.00.
As with most issues children struggle with; constant and open communication is the best way to help them navigate potentially dangerous and harmful situations. The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office would like to offer the following tips to assist patents with monitoring their children’s social media activity.
• Set limits for how much time, and time of day, is spent on-line and using social media.
• Discuss with teens how to recognize inappropriate solicitations and to report them immediately.
• Teach them that cruel jokes and embarrassing photos posted on social media never really go away. Teach them not to post anything they would feel embarrassed about later.
• Take advantage of safety controls. Most devices have safety controls that you can enable that block age-inappropriate material and sites
• Keep up to date with the various social media platforms and stay involved. Social media isn’t going away any time soon.