City disciplinary files say a senior recreation aide at Sacramento’s Oak Park Community Center exposed teens to pornographic images and, in an alleged March 2024 incident, pressed and rubbed his genitals against a 13-year-old girl during a teen program. The records describe misconduct unfolding over several months, first surfacing when pornographic advertisements popped up on the aide’s laptop during a movie. The city later disciplined staff and fired the programs coordinator, while the Sacramento County District Attorney’s office declined to file criminal charges after a police review.
The Oak Park facility, operated by the city’s Youth, Parks & Community Enrichment department, hosts after-school and teen programs for neighborhood families. Hours and program details for the Oak Park Community Center are listed on the City of Sacramento website.
According to documents obtained under the Public Records Act, the alleged misconduct stretched over roughly four months, beginning in late 2023 and ending with the March 2024 teen event. Investigators wrote that two recreation aides, who are sisters and later resigned in January 2024, had complained about racism, homophobia and other mistreatment. The records say a supervisor tried to convince them to rescind their resignations. The files also lay out internal steps that investigators later criticized and detail the final personnel moves, including the firing of the programs coordinator and the resignation of a supervisor, as reported by Sacramento Bee.
Investigators' Findings And Retaliation
City investigators concluded that the programs coordinator failed to report three separate allegations and that instructing the victim’s mother to keep her daughter away from the center while the aide remained on the job amounted to "a clear act of retaliation under EEO policy." They also found that the coordinator reviewed video footage and conducted an informal inquiry instead of following the department’s formal reporting chain, findings that became the basis for discipline, according to Sacramento Bee.
Discipline, Legal Outcome And Reactions
City records show that Marcisha Holmes, who started with the department in 2014, was terminated in June 2025. Holmes denies the sustained allegations and is pursuing an appeal. Stationary Engineers Local 39, the union that represents many city workers, says an appeal is underway and that it is representing employees in the case. The union represents more than 1,700 city employees and maintains a local site at Local 39. The district attorney’s office reviewed the police referral and declined to file criminal charges, and city officials say they have taken personnel and policy steps in response to the investigation.
What Residents Want To Know
The disclosures in the records have renewed scrutiny of how neighborhood community centers that serve children and teens handle supervision, complaint reporting and follow-through. City officials say reviews of policies and training are expected to continue as Holmes’ appeal and any related administrative processes move ahead.
