Crime & Safety

Lawrence Cop Arrested at Mass School of Law, Charged with Child Rape

Lawrence Police officer Carlos Gonzalez was charged with sexual assault on a person under 18 after he was arrested at the Massachusetts School of Law in Anodver.

Investigators say that Lawrence Police officer Carlos Gonzalez allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with a female between the ages of 12 and 18 while he was on vacation in Florida last summer, according to an article in the Eagle Tribune.

Gonzalez, a law schools student in Andover, was arrested on the Massachusetts School of Law campus on Federal Street last week. 

Gonzalez has been on the police force since 1988. He was placed on administrative leave on Dec. 17. 

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