Monterey County inmate will get 25 years to life for intercourse assault on jail nurse

A state inmate was handed an extra time period of 25 years to life for sexually assaulting a jail nurse, prosecutors stated Friday.

Tyrone Owens, 41, was strolling in a yard at Salinas Valley State Jail on March 23, 2023, when he approached a licensed vocational nurse asking for “help,” prosecutors stated.

When she informed get assist, Owens informed her he wanted “sexual help,” ran after her, grabbed her and tried to place his hand down her pants, prosecutors stated.

The nurse ultimately broke free from Owens, and correctional officers got here to her help.

On the time of the incident, Owens was serving a 17-year jail sentence for what prosecutors referred to as “similar conduct.”

The extra time period gained’t start till Owens has served his earlier time period, which started in 2019, prosecutors stated.