Trial date set in Modesto molestation case

MODESTO -- A Stanislaus County Superior Court judge on Friday scheduled a trial to start Sept. 3 for a former police officer and college instructor accused of molesting two friends of his teenage daughter three years ago and a 17-year-old police Explorer nearly two decades ago.

Francisco "Frank" Jose Drummond has been charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with the two girls, ages 13 and 15, in incidents that are alleged to have occurred Aug. 9 and 20, 2009. A third count alleges Drummond forced oral copulation on the Explorer in 1991.

Drummond was arrested during a staff meeting Aug. 28, 2009, on the Modesto Junior College East Campus, where he taught criminal justice courses, police have said. He remains on unpaid leave from his teaching job, according to the Yosemite Community College District.

Drummond resigned from his job as a reserve Ripon police officer just days after police showed up at his Modesto home to investigate allegations of lewd acts with the teenage girls. He previously worked as a police officer in Modesto and Patterson.