47-year-old Braulio Gonzalez is an ex-lieutenant with the Miami-Dade Police Department in Florida. He was accused of molesting a minor, in his family, at gunpoint and another girl.
Now, Gonzalez has been found guilty on seven counts of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child and one count of kidnapping. He could receive up to 48 years in prison.
On Thursday, when the jury deliberated, they made a decision in only 15 minutes.
In 2018, a girl told her counselor that Gonzalez had sexually assaulted her when she was eight. She later disclosed to Child Protective Services that he would “touch her vagina, breasts, and buttocks over and under her clothing.” This happened for two years.
The kidnapping charges came after she said he woke her up and pointed a gun to her head. He told the girl that if she didn’t go with him, he would kill her sibling who was asleep in the same room.
A deal was made, and Gonzalez was put on house arrest while he waited to go on trial. He kept getting his salary after he was arrested because his department decided to put him on paid leave.
Later on after the first charges, another girl stated that Gonzalez watched her shower. He was then sent to jail before the trial started.
Court documents show that Gonzalez previously assaulted three former girlfriends.
