Anthony Russo, 52, was found dead inside his Arrowbear Lake home Friday, the San Bernardino County Coroner’s office confirmed.

The coroner’s office did not immediately respond to questions about who found him or the nature of the suicide.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said it had no details to provide since the case was outside its jurisdiction.

The department did “extend our condolences to the family and friends affected by this tragic loss.”

Russo had been out on $50,000 bail after having been arrested Dec. 11 at Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, where he was assigned at the time of the criminal investigation.

He was arrested by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Bureau after the agency received a tip, according to the sheriff’s department.

Russo believed he was communicating electronically with a 15-year-old with whom he shared sexually explicit material and asked to meet up for sex, according to the sheriff’s department. The person he contacted was instead an undercover investigator.

Russo was booked on two felony counts. He was eventually charged by the Riverside County District Attorney’s office with one felony count of knowingly distributing harmful material.

Russo was scheduled to be back in court on Jan. 24.

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Anthony Russo, 52, was arrested on Wednesday after the RCSD received a tip on Tuesday, the department said in a news release.

An undercover investigator pretending to be a 15-year-old contacted Russo, who “shared explicit material and communicated his intent to meet with the supposed minor to engage in sexual acts,” the release said.

Russo was taken into custody and resigned his role in the corrections division after his arrest.

Russo was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on charges of sending harmful material to a minor and attempting to meet a minor for sex.

Jail records show Russo, who was arrested at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility, also faces a misdemeanor charge of molesting a person under the age of 18.

He is free on $50,000 bail and is due to appear at the Riverside Hall of Justice on Jan. 24.

No further details will be released, investigators said.

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