Houston Deputy Accused of Child Molestation

HOUSTON (AP) _ A Harris County sheriff’s deputy assigned to the county jail’s mental health unit has been arrested and charged with sexually molesting a young girl.

Eleazar Gongora Jr. is confined without bond to the Harris County Jail, charged with continued sexual abuse of a child. No attorney is listed in court records for the deputy.

Records show he was arrested Friday. The criminal complaint says the 41-year-old officer assaulted the girl, who’s now 9, from June 2009 to last October at his home. The investigation began after the girl told her mother in late December what had happened.

Sheriff Adrian Garcia says Gongora’s job status is now under review. Gongora has been with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office since 2000.

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