Denver sheriff’s deputy resigns after sexual misconduct allegations from inmates

A Denver Sheriff Department deputy resigned in lieu of termination in September after two inmates in the jail alleged he sexually harassed and assaulted incarcerated women Cristian Gondor who was hired as a deputy in January resigned Sept Denver Sheriff Department spokeswoman Daria Serna approved The two women in March alleged that Gondor inappropriately touched incarcerated women offered to provide them with benefits if he could view them naked watched women shower and made inappropriate sexual comments and jokes One woman alleged that Gondor came to her bunk area placed his genitalia on her foot and made a groaning noise followed by expressing satisfaction and winking at her according to disciplinary records published Friday for a second deputy who was suspended for six days after he failed to straightaway analysis the claims against Gondor Gondor advised The Denver Post the two women fabricated the statements against him as retaliation after they were unhappy with how he enforced the jail s rules He admitted to telling inappropriate sexual jokes but revealed he never touched any inmates I am not a pervert he mentioned adding that he advised the dirty jokes because he was trying to match the incarcerated women s tones Sometimes the girls they accepted they longed a few inappropriate jokes that is my mistake I spoke their language he noted They notified me jokes about sex and I talked back the jokes That was one big mistake Serna did not provide additional information about the statements against Gondor or the outcome of the assessment into the alleged misconduct on Friday but limited details about Gondor s matter were included in the second deputy s disciplinary records Gondor recounted the Post the claims against him were sustained and that he resigned instead of being fired Additional records about the internal inspection into the statements were not available Friday I did nothing from these assertions Gondor announced Denver police declined to say whether the department conducted a criminal inspection into Gondor who has not been charged with any crimes Related Articles Denver sheriff s deputy arrested on statements of off-duty sexual misconduct involving former inmate Denver sheriff s deputy under probe in alleged sexual assault of former inmate Denver jail deputy arrested on suspicion of assault menacing child abuse Denver adds accountability measure to ensure police sheriff departments follow settlement terms Denver deputy s arrest tied to domestic violence at Colorado Springs home police say Deputies who reviewed surveillance footage around the time of the women s indicates identified Gondor demonstrating questionable behavior one sergeant announced according to the second deputy s disciplinary records Video also indicated Gondor following a half-dressed woman as she left the shower The woman is seen trying to cover herself up and then exchanging words with the deputy in an apparent argument according to the disciplinary records Gondor declared the woman was upset that he insisted she shower separately from another inmate One of the women shared the claims against Gondor to Deputy Ahmed Al Obaidi in late February during a middle-of-the-night conversation he helped her fill out a grievance form but did not right away document the allegation to his supervisors as required by department protocol Al Obaidi who was hired in February apologized to internal investigators and declared the woman s allegation was the first time he had handled a complaint of sexual misconduct against a deputy He revealed he reviewed the department s policies around reporting such charges which requires such complaints to be straightaway escalated and would follow it going forward according to the disciplinary records Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day