A former Athens Police officer was taken into custody Thursday by Limestone County Sheriff’s investigators on a warrant from Madison County charging him with sexual abuse, a local official said.
Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely said his office received a warrant to pick up Arthur “Perry” Gooch, 37, of Autumn Lane. County authorities transported Gooch to the Madison County line and released him to the custody of the Madison County Sheriff’s Department.
The warrant stemmed from a Madison County grand jury indictment, Blakely said.
Gooch was initially arrested in Huntsville on a charge related to a November 2007 incident when a woman, the wife of an acquaintance, accused Gooch of kissing her and running his hand up her skirt while they were near the dance floor of the club on the night of Nov. 3, 2007.
The case was dismissed by the Madison County District Attorney in February 2008.
In 2008, Gooch denied the accusation but resigned from the force Nov. 9, 2007, after serving as a patrol officer for about five years.
A call to the Madison County District Attorney’s office to determine why the case was reopened was not returned Friday.
Gooch was taken to Madison County Jail and was released on bond.
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