Petaluma Chiropractor Accused Of Sexual Battery: Police

Petaluma CA

20 January, 2021

12:52 AM

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PETALUMA, CA — A Petaluma chiropractor was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of sexual battery of a client, according to the Petaluma Police Department. Police began a criminal investigation Jan. 8 into the sexual battery the previous day, Jan. 7, of a 27-year-old woman, Petaluma police Lt. Ed Crosby said. "The suspect was identified as Steven Allen Jette, a Petaluma-based chiropractor from whom the victim had been receiving treatment," Crosby said in a news release. Crosby said the investigation corroborated the victim's account, and Jette was arrested around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of 4th Street in Petaluma. Jette, a 73-year-old Petaluma man, was later booked at Sonoma County Jail. He remained behind bars Tuesday evening in lieu of $30,000 bail. Police asked anyone with information relevant to this case or similar ones to contact Officer Daniel Boyd of the Petaluma Police Department by phone at 707-778-4372 or via email at [email protected].