I am actually at a loss and can barely find the words for this. William will tell you, half the time I’m interrupting him on our phone calls. For some background, El Dorado County is quite literally about 90% MAGA/Trump country. They gave Gavin the middle finger on covid shutdowns and are probably the reddest part of the state; (They were carved up in redistricting), but I digress.
I came across this today on my KCRA 3 news app.
Carl Cacconie, convicted of six counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child in El Dorado County, has been captured after nearly 10 months on the run, according to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and the FBI Sacramento Field Office.
Cacconie was located in Scottsdale, Arizona, following what officials described as an extensive joint investigation.
Convicted CA child molester captured in Arizona after nearly 10 months on the run
I had to re-read that several times. No chance it was El Dorado, no chance. It was. He was allowed to leave and return for his sentencing. For those of you used to getting your court related info from Law and Order, you are typically remanded to custody after a guilty verdict. For some reason this piece of trash was not.
Cacconie was found guilty on July 17, 2025, following a trial at the El Dorado County courthouse in South Lake Tahoe.
An El Dorado County jury convicted him of six counts of committing lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14.
The victim, now an adult, said she was 11 years old when the abuse occurred. She previously told KCRA 3 she remembered being afraid that no one would believe her.
“He was an adult. People would believe an adult before me,” she said. After the verdict, she described feeling relief after years of pain.
“It was a sense of relief,” she said. “All of the tears — it was all worth it in the end. Even though it was one of the hardest things I’ve had to go through, it felt like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.”
Huh? Damn! It’s like the Michael Dukakis weekend prison passes from years ago.
Despite the conviction, Cacconie was not immediately taken into custody. According to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office, a deputy district attorney requested that Cacconie be remanded into custody while awaiting sentencing. That request was denied.
Instead, Cacconie remained out of custody on $1 million bail after previously surrendering his passport and being fitted with a monitoring device. El Dorado County Judge Michael McLaughlin allowed him to leave the courthouse and return for sentencing on Aug. 25, 2025. Cacconie faced up to 18 years in prison. He never showed up.
“Where is he? He just disappeared,” the victim previously said.
Oh damn, so the guy who is likely looking at the better part of several life terms or like 580 years in jail didn’t show up to his sentencing? Wild. I cannot believe it. Alert the press.
On Aug. 17, 2025, Cacconie’s monitoring device stopped transmitting, according to the District Attorney’s Office. He was last seen in San Francisco on Aug. 22, 2025.
On Aug. 25, the day of his sentencing, Cacconie’s family informed the court that they had reported him missing and said he had left behind his phone, wallet and a suicide note.
The victim’s family said that without the discovery of Cacconie’s body, they believed he was alive. On May 14, 2026, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Cacconie in the Eastern District of California for unlawful flight to avoid confinement, which officials said was meant to aid efforts to locate him. Less than a month later, Cacconie was captured in Arizona.
It remains unclear whether anyone who may have helped Cacconie evade authorities or hide while he was a fugitive is facing charges.
In closing, why was this person allowed to be out on bail? Also, its El Dorado County not San Francisco County where I would expect this bullshit to take place. I hope he gets 580 years in prison, and they bury him under the jail.
The Chief