Mathis
Police Officer Accused of Indecency with a Child Arrested
ALICE (Kiii News) - Mathis Police Officer Antonio
Gutierrez, 50, was arrested by the Jim Wells County Sheriff's Department
Tuesday after he was accused of indecency with a child, according to Sheriff's
Department Sgt. Felix Saenz.
Saenz said that a 14-year old girl reported
indecency by sexual contact to the Sheriff's Office on Sunday. She was 13
year's old at the time and is not a relative of Guitierrez'. Police said that
the girl reported that the incident happened within the last few months.
Mathis Police Chief Gerald Arismendez said that
Gutierrez has been placed on suspension without pay pending the outcome of the
investigation, which is being conducted by the Jim Wells County Sheriff's
Department, Texas Rangers and Child Protective Services.
Gutierrez is being held on a $50,000 bond.
Vinita
Police Officer arrested, accused of lewd acts with child
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said a
police officer in Vinita was arrested for lewd molestation of a child.
Sean Floyd, 35, was arrested by the OSBI for
multiple counts of lewd molestation with a child under 16. According to the
OSBI, Floyd was an officer at the Vinita Police Department.
OSBI says it was called August 18th by the Craig
County Sheriff's Office to investigate claims that he was have sexual contact
with a girl under 16. He was arrested and booked into the Craig County Jail
Thursday.
OSBI agents believe only one victim is involved
however the investigation is still open.
Former
HPD officer who was shot in face charged with indecency with child
By Dale Lezon
More details have emerged after a former Houston
police officer was arrested in Brazoria County for alleged sexual activity.
Daniel Vaughan is charged with attempt to commit
indecency with a child and indecency by exposure criminal episode, according to
the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office. His indicment was executed Wednesday and
he surrendered to authorities at 4:20 a.m.
Vaughan was being held in the Brazoria County jail
in lieu of $25,000 bail.
Deputies said Vaughan was one of four people accused
after a 15-year-old girl told authorities in 2013 her 42-year-old father and
the others had been involved in sexually abusing her. The allegations sparked
an investigation that led to the arrests in the case.
The girl's father was arrested in June 2014 and
later pleaded gulity to five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. He
was sentenced to 50 years in state prison. His name has not been released to
protect his daughter's identity. Vaughan was the man's landlord.
Deputies said Amy Gilliam was also arrested and
charged in the case. She pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child
and was sentenced to five years in state prison.
Deputies said Steven Watkins, 23, was charged with
aggravated sexual assault of a child and was arrested in February. He is
awaiting trial.
Vaughan retired from the Houston Police Department
in 2001, according to HPD officials. In 1993, police said, he was wounded when
he was shot in the face while on duty.
On March 20 of that year, a gunman walked into a
police substation at Webster and St. Emanuel about 11:45 a.m. and asked to see
a supervisor. Before the supervisor came to the desk, Vaughan, dressed in plain
clothes, walked through the door carrying some files, and the gunman apparently
mistook him for a supervisor and opened fire with a .380-caliber pistol.
Vaughan was struck once just above the right eye and
once beside his nose. The suspect then pointed the gun at two other officers,
who dove for cover. The man fled the substation without firing another shot.
"I looked down the barrel and saw the bullet,
" Vaughan told the Chronicle after the incident. "A few moments later
that bullet went in my right eye and through the back of my head."
Vaughan is now a law enforcement trainer and
motivational speaker, according to his website, dannyvaughan.com.
Police:
Henry sheriff’s captain arrested for arranging tryst with child
By Michelle E. Shaw
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Henry County sheriff’s deputy was arrested in
DeKalb County and stands accused of attempting to arrange a sexual encounter
with a 14-year-old.
Capt. David McCart of the Henry County Sheriff’s
Office was arrested Tuesday after a two-month investigation, according to
Channel 2 Action News.
DeKalb investigators told Channel 2 that McCart met
the boy online through social media. The two allegedly talked about different
sexual activities and agreed to meet, according to the television report.
“We were doing a cross-country operation with the
FBI and during that time we came into contact with an individual later
identified as Captain McCart,” DeKalb County police Sgt. Torrey Kennedy told
Channel 2. “Mr. McCart was on a social media website chatting with who he
believed was an underage child. During that chat, they had a sexual, explicit
conversation in which they agreed to meet for sex.”
The conversation moved to texting as McCart
allegedly planned to meet the child. Once they agreed on a time and place,
McCart showed up at the mall, where he was met by police, according to the
report.
The investigation into McCart’s activities
continues, as police determine whether he had contact with other children.
