Former prison guard pleads no contest in alleged kidnap and rape
Pictured (L-R): Orban and Jelinek.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A former correctional officer has reached a plea bargain with prosecutors in connection with the alleged kidnap and rape last year of an Ontario Mills waitress.
Jeff Thomas Jelinek, 31, pleaded no contest to three felonies Wednesday after entering into an agreement that requires him to testify against his co-defendant, said Deputy District Attorney Deborah Ploghaus.
Jelinek's plea agreement carries a sentence of five years and four months, Ploghaus said.
Jelinek's co-defendant is Anthony Nicholas Orban, a former Marine and Westminster police detective who allegedly kidnapped a woman at gunpoint on April 3, 2010 in the parking lot at Ontario Mills.
Orban, 31, allegedly beat and sexually assaulted the 26-year-old mother for more than an hour in a parked car in Fontana, according to a police report and testimony at a preliminary hearing.
Though prosecutors do not accuse Jelinek of participating in the alleged assault, he was charged with rape and other crimes under the theory that he aided and abetted Orban by standing beside him during the alleged kidnapping.
And after the assault, Jelinek picked Orban up and tried to delete incriminating text messages from him, according to prosecutors.
At the time of the incident Jelinek worked at the California Institution for Men in Chino.
Jelinek pleaded no contest in West Valley Superior Court to an accessory charge, false imprisonment and assault with a firearm on a person.
The convictions carry a strike toward the state's three-strikes law, Ploghaus said.
The remaining charges against him -- which could have carried a life prison sentence -- will be dismissed at sentencing, according to court records.
A trial for Orban, of Irvine, is scheduled to begin Monday, according to court records.
When Orban was interviewed following his arrest, he told police he had no memory of the alleged assault. He also said he was taking prescription medication.
Orban's attorney and wife have said they believe the prescription medication contributed to Orban's actions and memory loss.
"There's no denying what happened," Orban's wife, Tracy Orban, said in a November TV news interview. "Something happened to his brain."
Orban's defense team is expected to call several expert witnesses to testify about the effects of the medication.
Orban's attorney, James Blatt, did not return a call seeking comment today. Jelinek's attorney, Ciprian Turcu, also did not return a call seeking comment.
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