Saturday, November 22, 2008

Trial Begins Next Month for Officer Tony Gonzalez Accused of Sexual Abuse

SALEM

The trial of a former Silverton police officer facing sexual abuse charges is set to begin next month after attorneys in the case reached an agreement Friday.

Tony Gonzalez has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of sex abuse. His trial before Marion County Circuit Judge Joseph Guimond is scheduled for Dec. 9 and 10.

Gonzalez was arrested July 13 after a woman told Keizer police he had been sexually abusing her daughter.

In a separate case, Gonzalez was cleared of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Irish citizen June 30.

A Marion County grand jury determined in July that Gonzalez believed 20-year-old Andrew James Hanlon was armed when he charged the officer. His family later said Hanlon was mentally ill.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081122/NEWS/811220318/1001

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