Monday, April 25, 2011

Deputy Arrested for Sex With Minor

SAN BERNARDINO (KTLA) -- A San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputy was placed on leave Friday after he was charged for allegedly having sex with a minor.
According to a press release, 10-year veteran Nathan Gastineau was arrested Friday night on a charge of lewd acts with a minor.
The department received information Friday morning that he may have had inappropriate relations with a 16-year-old girl.
Gastineau, 30, a Redlands resident, was booked into West Valley Detention Center.
He has been put on leave for the course of the investigation.
I'll keep you posted as this investigation moves forward.  A reminder - I post these articles to warn people.  We each have to be responsible for our own safety and can't necessarily trust even a police officer.  Chances are this was consensual, but not necessarily.  Either way it was illegal.

3 comments:

Mike aka MonolithTMA said...

This is an important reminder that it's not just step fathers, clergy, teachers, etc. Anyone could molest your child.

Anonymous said...

this is sick.. he is a justice of peace.. things like this shouldnt be happening in the first place let alone a police deputy

Bar L. said...

Mike, absolutely.

Anon, I couldn't agree more.

Sometimes I have to step away from all this because it brings me down so much. Children are not safe, what could be more upsetting than that?

I suppose we could ask Casey Anthony that question...