Disgraced Auburn Attorney Arrested Again for "Underwater Research" with Teens

[The Straight Story]

Disgraced Auburn Attorney Arrested Again for "Underwater Research" with Teens

ROSEVILLE, CA - Roseville police detectives have busted a former local attorney convicted of child molestation on suspicion of being up to his old behavior.

Jonathan Regent Tyrell, 42, of Auburn, was arrested for parole violation Nov. 17, said Roseville Police Department spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther. She said detectives learned Tyrell had become friendly with a 19-year-old and tried to recruit him for "underwater apnea" research.

In 2005, Roseville police investigators took Tyrell into custody for similar "research" that involved him recruiting youths as young as 15 to immerse themselves in a bathtub and hold their breath while he took pictures of them and videotaped them.

Tyrell was convicted of misdemeanor child molestation, forgery, possession of methamphetamine, and battery causing serious bodily injury stemming from the 2005 police investigation. In 2007, he lost his license to practice law due to his convictions.

Police investigators are concerned that Tyrell may have contacted other young people for "underwater research." Anyone who has has such contact with Tyrell is asked to call detectives at [phone].

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[vadawg]

1. well this is new technique for me, ive never heard of this before.

amazing what shit the molesters can come up with to fulfill their sick shit....

[imdjh]

2. Since when is a 19 year old a child?

[petronius]

3. I don't get it - even if he was lying about the 'research' aspect, how is it a crime

to try and convince a 19 year old to be videotaped in a tub? That can't be child molestation, right?

Perhaps he was actually arrested for other parole violations that didn't make it into the article, or could 'no underwater research, even with adults' be a condition of parole? :shrug:

[The Straight Story]

5. Probably was prohibited from placing such ads

Not really clear though.

[bigjohn16]

4. His lawyer is going to have a field day with this. The person was 19. nt

[lapfog_1]

6. Parole violation.

The activity that he engaged in doesn't have to be illegal per se, only a violation of the terms of his parole, where a judge may have restricted him from engaging in this specific behavior even with someone of legal age.