Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Firefighter pleads not guilty to molestation

A Ventura County Fire Department firefighter pleaded not guilty on Thursday to six counts of child molestation and one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child.

Gary Taylor, 41, a resident of the Conejo Valley, is in custody under $1 million bail and is facing up to 28 years in prison if found guilty of the criminal charges, according to prosecutor Catherine Voelker.

Ventura County Superior Court Judge Kevin McGee set a disposition conference for the case on Feb 23.

According to court documents. the alleged abuse took place from 2000 up until last year. Voelker said Taylor is also charged with the special allegation of substantial sexual conduct with a child.

Taylor was arrested on Dec. 15, according to jail records.

Taylor’s lawyer, Mark Pachowicz, said his office will conduct its own investigation into the allegations.

Both Voelker and Pachowicz declined to comment on the victim’s age or other details pertaining to the charges.

An award-winning Ventura County firefighter is facing child molestation charges. Newbury Park resident Gary Robert Taylor, 42, was arrested December 15, 2008 on six felony counts of lewd acts on a child and one felony count of continuous sexual abuse.

Taylor most recently worked as a fire engineer at a Moorpark fire station. As a firefighter paramedic, he won the department's 2003 Annual Lifesaving Award.

Taylor is currently being held in Ventura County's main jail on $1 million bail. he is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday, January 8, 2009.

Source: http://www.keyt.com/home/ticker/37172434.html
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jan/09/no-headline---nxxfctaylor09/

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