Ex-officer gets 100 days in jail after guilty plea

Dominic Olivares, a former police officer in Greenville, North Carolina, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. As part of the plea agreement, six other charges were dropped. These included counts of first-degree and second-degree sexual exploitation.

The judge issued two consecutive suspended sentences of six to 17 months each. Olivares will avoid prison unless he violates the terms of his eight-year supervised probation. He must serve 100 days in jail under the state’s Misdemeanant Confinement Program and register as a sex offender.

Olivares was originally arrested in September 2025 by the State Bureau of Investigation. The charges stemmed from warrants alleging he used a 16-year-old girl to create videos of her engaged in sexual activity. He was hired as a Greenville police officer in May 2020 and was fired on Aug. 5, 2021. A department spokeswoman noted that the State Bureau of Investigation was brought in to investigate a complaint received about him two months before his termination. He was 30 years old at the time of the plea.

The court proceedings concluded the initial legal process following his arrest. Olivares is now subject to the specific terms of his probation and the requirements of the confinement program.