Golf course managers plea bargain in on-course prostitution case

By: Associated Press | Saturday, July 24, 2004 11:29 PM PDT ∞

RIVERSIDE -- Two managers of a Norco golf course who allowed prostitutes to set up tents and provide sexual favors to golfers participating in a tournament pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges.

Jason Wood, 38, and Darren Bollinger, 30, both of Temecula, were arrested after Riverside County sheriff's deputies raided a June 2002 tournament at Hidden Valley Golf Club, where the two men and an accomplice allowed the prostitutes to set up tents on the course. - The two agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to corrupt the public morals after a third defendant, Sandy Juarez of Lancaster, struck a deal with prosecutors to testify against them. The judge in the case urged Wood and Bollinger to reach a plea agreement.

Defense attorney Steve Harmon declined to comment.

Riverside District Attorney Art Chang said prosecutors didn't pursue more severe prostitution charges against the men because they had not provided the prostitutes.

"It's our belief that they were aiders and abettors," Chang said.

Prosecutors contend that the prostitutes were provided by Juarez, who pleaded guilty to the same charges as Wood and Bollinger in exchange for her testimony. She was sentenced to 120 days in jail and fined $10,000.

Wood and Bollinger are to be sentenced in October. Chang said they probably will receive probation and a fine.

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