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Maricopa officer arrested on suspicion of having sex with minors

BY JASON KOTOWSKI, Californian staff writer
jkotowski@bakersfield.com | Monday, May 5 2008 10:43 AM

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 6 2008 7:18 AM

A Maricopa police officer who had already been placed on leave in a separate case has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with several minors in Kings County.

Garry Snap Ferguson, 30, was arrested Saturday at a Bakersfield residence and was being held in Kings County on $300,000 bail, according to Kings County Sheriff’s Department arrest records.

Ferguson was expected to be arraigned Monday on charges including unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, Kings County Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ciuffini said. There are three victims, Ciuffini said.

Those charges are apparently unrelated to an investigation on Ferguson that Maricopa police have said the Kern County District Attorney’s office is conducting. Ferguson had been on paid administrative leave since April 20.

The Kern County District Attorney’s office was not commenting or even confirming there was an investigation, the secretary of District Attorney Ed Jagels said Monday morning.

Ferguson has been with the police department since 2006, serving most recently as officer in charge, and was one of its original officers.