ROBERTSDALE, Alabama —
Authorities say a police officer from Alabama's Gulf Coast has been arrested on
charges of sexually abusing a child under age 12.
WALA-TV reports
(http://bit.ly/1kdlPJy ) Orange Beach police officer Timothy Gavin resigned
Friday morning before he was arrested. Baldwin County officials said Gavin
joined the police department in 2005 and had been a member of the Baldwin County
Drug Task Force since March.
Sheriff Huey Hoss Mack says
Gavin is accused of abusing a child three to four years ago. The sheriff says a
family member brought the case to authorities' attention three days before
Gavin's arrest.
It was not immediately known if
Gavin had an attorney. He was scheduled to appear at a bond hearing Monday.