{"id":8921,"date":"2025-07-31T16:22:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8921"},"modified":"2025-07-31T16:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:22:37","slug":"gresham-police-officer-indicted-on-sex-crimes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/news\/gresham-police-officer-indicted-on-sex-crimes","title":{"rendered":"GRESHAM POLICE OFFICER INDICTED ON SEX CRIMES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-rich-links=\"{&quot;dat_df&quot;:{&quot;fres_frt&quot;:1,&quot;dfie_ts&quot;:{&quot;tv&quot;:{&quot;tv_s&quot;:1753963200,&quot;tv_n&quot;:0}},&quot;dfie_l&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;dfie_p&quot;:{&quot;fres_frt&quot;:0,&quot;tres_tv&quot;:&quot;MMM d, y&quot;},&quot;dfie_dt&quot;:&quot;Jul 31, 2025&quot;,&quot;dfie_pt&quot;:3,&quot;dfie_tpt&quot;:0,&quot;dfie_tzi&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;type&quot;:&quot;date&quot;}\">Jul 31, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portland, OR- This week a Multnomah County Grand Jury indicted Gresham Police Officer Hector Carranza on dozens of charges related to sexual conduct with an underaged girl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carranza was arrested early Thursday afternoon and is being held in custody at the Clackamas County jail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grand Jury indicted the defendant on four counts of Rape in the Third Degree, 12 counts of Sodomy in the Third Degree, 24 counts of Sex Abuse in the Second Degree, five counts of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using a Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, five counts of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the second degree, five counts of Luring a Minor and one count of Attempting to Use a Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carranza has been employed by the Gresham Police Department since 2014. None of the allegations in this indictment relate to on duty conduct or involve individuals related to any criminal investigation in which Carranza participated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gresham police began investigating after receiving a complaint in November of 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez said: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNobody is above the law &#8211; when a police officer breaks it, we have a duty to hold them accountable just like anyone else.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We expect Carranza will be arraigned tomorrow possibly in the morning in JC3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 31, 2025 Portland, OR- This week a Multnomah County Grand Jury indicted Gresham Police Officer Hector Carranza on dozens of charges related to sexual conduct with an underaged girl. Carranza was arrested early Thursday afternoon and is being held in custody at the Clackamas County jail.\u00a0 \u00a0The Grand Jury indicted the defendant on four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8921","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8923,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8921\/revisions\/8923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}